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La Cour de justice vient d’apporter, une nouvelle fois, des précisions quant à l’application de la décision-cadre relative au mandat d’arrêt européen. Si elle se montre toujours plus sévère quant à l’appréciation des conditions dans lesquelles il est possible de refuser son exécution en raison d’une atteinte à un droit fondamental allégué par l’autorité judiciaire d’exécution, elle apprécie, à l’inverse, très souplement la possibilité de maintenir le mandat d’arrêt européen dont la mise en œuvre a été refusée une première fois. 

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The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (Lausanne) is looking for a Postdoctorand in transnational family law (80%).

The announcement can be found here.

The position will be integrated in the SICL’s team of international lawyers and researchers and be part of a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation on applicable law, jurisdiction, recognition and international cooperation in the field of filiation with foreign elements.

The aim is to respond to the new legal requirements created by the use of innovative methods of assisted reproductive techniques (ART) and new forms of surrogate motherhood.

 

According to the announcement, the tasks required will be:

 

• Collecting, classifying and analyzing Swiss and foreign law, case law and relevant law and literature
• Aggregation and disaggregation of data, identifying variables and highlighting specific features, leading to different insights
• Drafting comparative reports in comparative civil law, civil procedure and private international law
• Contributing to deliverables (book, workshop and conference)
• Exchange and proactive coordination with all partners of the project

 

The profile expected reads the following:

 

• PhD in comparative law (civil and procedural law) or private international law in the field of filiation (including ART and surrogate motherhood) or in family law in general
• Solid knowledge of one or more of the following legal fields: family law, administrative law, filiation (including ART and surrogate motherhood), civil procedure, recognition of foreign acts and decisions
• Able to deliver structured and precise work combined with the ability to put legal knowledge into practice
• Open minded and autonomous team player with good writing skills
• At ease in the use of software as Endnote and Zotero
• Knowledge of two official Swiss languages and a very good command of written and spoken English

This is a fixed term position of 4 years linked to a SNSF sponsored research project.
For further information kindly contact Dr. Ilaria Pretelli.

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I reviewed Emiliou AG’s first Opinion in C‑339/22 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH v Electrolux AB here.  Seeing as the case was now reassigned to Grand Chamber (compare with CJEU IRnova where a 3 member chamber rejected reflexivity en stoemelings) and as a new hearing was held solely on the issue of reflexivity, the AG got a second go at the issue.

As I reported in my earlier post I do not think his views on the reflexivity issue (as opposed to his solid views on the A24(4) patent jurisdiction issue) are convincing. This second Opinion is a great resource for the conceptual thinking on reflexive effect (incl its relation to public international law issues of comity) however it does not sway me and neither do I believe will it convince the court.

Lydia Lundstedt has summarised and reviewed the Opinion here and (among others because I am swamped at Melbourne where term is in full swing) I am happy to refer.

The essence of the Opinion is that in the AG’s view under residual private international law (and civil procedure) rules, Member States may refuse to exercise Article 4 (or other) Brussels Ia derived jurisdiction if the claim engages with the validity of third States patents or, as Lydia summarises it: Member States may (1) decline to adjudicate a claim that has as its object the validity of a third-State patent (erga omnes) and (2) refuse to rule (inter partes) on an invalidity defence raised in an infringement action and stay that action while waiting for the authorities in the third State to rule on validity.

I have in fact advocated a change to the rules, de lege feranda. I do not believe reflexive effect exists de lege lata however, even under the roundabound way of letting Member States effect it under their residual rules.

Geert.

EU private international law, 4th ed. 2024, 2.218.

The second issue of 2024 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) is out. Along with recent case law and materials, it features four contributions. Sara Tonolo, Il contributo degli studiosi italiani ai corsi de L’Aja di diritto internazionale privato (1973-2023) [The Contribution of Italian Scholars to The Hague Academy Courses on […]

La Cour européenne des droits de l’homme a retenu que l’incrimination de l’achat d’actes sexuels telle que prévue par la loi française ne constitue pas une violation du droit au respect de la vie privée, de l’autonomie personnelle et de la liberté sexuelle des travailleurs du sexe. Elle se fonde en particulier sur les divergences d’opinions existantes sur les questions morales et éthiques posées par la prostitution. 

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A book launch for Family reunification in Europe: Exposing inequalities will take place on 19 September 2024 at the University of Antwerp and online (at 11:15 am CEST time).

To register click here. Below is the agenda.

11:15-11:30: Exploring inequalities in family reunification in Europe: perspectives from legal and social sciences

Ellen Desmet & Milena Belloni

11:30-11:40: How race and gender function in European family migration law

Betty de Hart

11:40-11:50: The recognition of child and polygamous marriages in Belgium: alignment between private international law and migration law?

Leontine Bruijnen

11:50-12:00: Domestic violence within the securitisation of (family and love) migration

Giacomo Orsini

12:00-12:30: Q&A

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The third issue of the Journal du droit international for 2024 has been released. It contains two articles and several case notes relating to private international law issues. It also pays tribute to Ibrahim Fadlallah (1942-2024) who was a leading Lebanese-French academic and arbitrator. In the first article, Daniel Mainguy (University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne) uncovers […]

Selon la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme, la chambre criminelle de la Cour de cassation a méconnu le droit à la présomption d’innocence en rendant un arrêt indiquant que le requérant avait « participé à un concert frauduleux visant à masquer une situation financière obérée », ce qui tend à insinuer une possible condamnation pénale, alors que l’intéressé était seulement mis en examen à la date du jugement.

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The author of this post is Nishat Hyder-Rahman, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, MSCA Impact Fellowship Programme, Department of Private and Economic Law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. On 28 March 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on the case of Verhoeven v France. The case concerned whether the French courts’ application of the Hague Convention […]

Comme d’habitude, la période mai/juin qui n’est entrecoupée par aucune période de vacances a fourni en 2024 un fort contingent d’arrêts et de décisions. Pour être abondante, la récolte n’est pas des plus spectaculaires malgré une stigmatisation de plus en plus accentuée de la Russie ou un surprenant refus du droit à l’aide médicale à mourir. On n’y relève, en effet, que deux arrêts de Grande chambre et les arrêts et décisions concernant la France y sont relativement discrets.

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The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) will be hosting the 13th International Forum on the electronic Apostille Programme (e-APP) together the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan and the Maqsut Narikbayev University on 21 and 22 October 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan.

The full announcement reads as follows:

The e-APP is an integral part of the operation of the HCCH 1961 Apostille Convention. The e-APP is designed to ensure the practical, effective and secure operation of the Apostille Convention in an environment of constant technological development.

The International Forum on the e-APP gathers experts and stakeholders from around the world and provides a unique international platform for governments, organisations, and the private sector to learn more about the benefits of the e-APP, to promote its effective implementation, and to discuss the latest developments in relation to the e-APP worldwide.

The e-APP Forum will be held for the first time in Central Asia and will be jointly organized by the HCCH, the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan, and the Maqsut Narikbayev University. Participants are encouraged to attend this event in person, if possible.

Registration is possible here.

 

The author of this post is Lydia Lundstedt, who is an Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer at Stockholm University, and currently a STINT fellow at the University of Botswana. In the interest of transparency, the author makes known that she previously wrote an expert legal opinion on behalf of BSH Hausgeräte. On 5 September 2024, […]