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Arnaud K., 36 ans, a été condamné à 5 ans de prison, dont 3 ans avec sursis, pour une tentative de viol sur Cécile L. R. 12 ans après les faits, sans plaignante (décédée en 2012), sans partie civile, sans témoin, sans expert. L’expérimentation doit durer 3 ans, dans sept départements.

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The second issue of 2019 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP, published by CEDAM) was just released and it features:

Adrian Briggs, Professor at Oxford University, Brexit and Private International Law: An English Perspective (in English)

The effect of Brexit on private international law in England will depend on the precise terms on which the separation is made. However, if no comprehensive withdrawal agreement is concluded and adopted, the result will be that private international law in the United Kingdom will revert to its original common law structure. This will make the law and practice of dispute resolution more effective in some respects, and more problematic in others. While it is regrettable that so much time and labour has to be spent on planning for a future which the politicians are incapable of defining, it does allow the distinctions between common law legal thinking, and European legal principles, in the field of private international law to be compared and understood more clearly than they have been for many years.

Burkhard Hess, Director of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law, Protecting Privacy by Cross-Border Injunction (in English)

Injunctive relief is of paramount importance in the protection of privacy, especially in the context of the Internet. In the cross-border setting, injunctions entail specific problems: on the one hand, jurisdiction may lie with many courts – often worldwide due to the ubiquity of the Internet. On the other hand, injunctions operate with an extraterritorial effect, ordering or prohibiting conduct outside of the State where the court issuing the order is located. Cross-border injunctive relief does not only raise issues of jurisdiction and territorial scope: in fact, additional problems relate to its enforcement. Furthermore, the need may arise to adapt the injunction to an equivalent measure in the State of enforcement. This paper addresses the problems of cross-border injunctive relief from the perspectives of jurisdiction and territorial scope, as well as of recognition and enforcement. While actions for damages and for injunctive relief are regulated in similar ways, the Author of this paper demonstrates that the specific circumstances and necessities that characterize injunctive relief warrant additional and specific solutions.

Chiara E. Tuo, Associate Professor at the University of Genoa, The Consequences of Brexit for Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Some Remarks (in English)

This article aims at addressing some questions regarding the impact of Brexit on recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters with a view to investigating the rules applicable, first, in the case that Brexit occurs without any withdrawal agreement (“hard Brexit”) and, second, regardless of whether such an agreement will be actually entered into, in the context of a future and renewed judicial cooperation relationship between the EU and UK. To this end and in relation to the first part of the analysis, the relevant passages of both the EU Commission’s guidelines and UK statutory instruments dealing with the issue of recognition and enforcement of judgments are taken into exam and compared the ones with the others in order to assess the different extent to which they provide for the continuous post-Brexit application of the existing EU instruments. On the other hand, and in relation to the second part of the article, the options currently available for a future EU-UK cooperation are considered with the purpose of shedding some light on their respective main advantages and disadvantages.

In addition to the foregoing, the following comments are featured:

Cinzia Peraro, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Verona, L’istituto della kafala quale presupposto per il ricongiungimento familiar con il cittadino europeo: la sentenza della Corte di giustizia nel caso S.M. c. Entry Clearance Officer (Kafala as a Prerequisite for Family Reunification with a European Citizen: The Judgment of the Court of Justice in S.M. v. Entry Clearance Officer; in Italian)

The family reunification of a European citizen and a foreign minor entrusted to him by kafala has been addressed by a recent judgment of the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice on the notion of direct descendant pursuant to Directive 2004/38 concerning the free movement of Union citizens and their family members. The Italian judges have also dealt with the issue of the recognition of this institute, widespread in most Islamic countries, in a variety of situations, where the best interests of the child and the European courts’ decisions have been considered. Domestic jurisprudence appears to be in line with the interpretation given by the judges of Luxembourg, which nevertheless leaves the question of the unequal treatment between Italian citizens and third country nationals unresolved.

Mariangela La Manna, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, The ECHR Grand Chamber’s Judgment in the Naït-Liman Case: An Unnecessary Clarification of the Reach of Forum Necessitatis Juridsdiction? (in English)

The Grand Chamber judgment in the Naït-Liman v. Switzerland case is certainly a much anticipated one. Its outcome had, however, long been foreshadowed by commentators and practitioners alike. The decision confirmed the 2016 Chamber’s judgment by holding that the Swiss Federal Tribunal’s decline of jurisdiction in a civil case involving reparation for torture committed outside the territory of Switzerland by foreign authorities against a foreign national did not amount to a violation of Article 6(1) ECHR. However, the Court’s reasoning in the case under review is susceptible of being criticized in more than one respect. The compatibility of the conduct of the Swiss judiciary with Article 6(1) ECHR is dubious to say the least, even more so since the Federal Tribunal’s restrictive interpretation of the requirements for the application of forum necessitatis jurisdiction, and especially of the “sufficient connection” requirement, managed to produce a fully-fledged denial of justice. Should such a trend gain consistency, the effectiveness of the right of access to a court may be put at risk.

 

The Department of Law of Loyola University Andalusia will be hosting an International Conference on 20-21 January 2020 in Seville, Spain, to discuss the impact of digitalization.

The Conference which will revolve around five major thematic areas from a multi-disciplinary approach, will also include panels on digitalization and Private International Law. 

This International Conference will be a unique opportunity to discuss the new technological and digital challenges with an outstanding group of experts from different fields and a great venue to create and consolidate scientific and collaborative networks. Some of the experts who have already confirmed their participation include professors from Cornell, Harvard and other universities worldwide, officials from the United Nations, UNIDROIT, judges, members of the EU Commission expert groups, lawyers and ICT professionals.

Senior and junior scholars (including Ph.D. students) and professionals at all stages of their careers are invited to submit abstracts on some of the following, fairly broad, topics or any other related issues of novel and ground-breaking character: Ability of the basic principles of private international law to adapt to the immateriality of the digital space and new approaches to the theory of private international law in the digital context.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE AND TIMELINE

• We invite authors to submit extended abstracts of a minimum of 800 words with the author’s name, affiliation and an updated CV including contact details to the conference directors, in the item “Documents” on the website: www.ict2020.es. All submissions may be written in either English or Spanish.
• The submitted abstracts will be assessed and selected by the Conference’s international scientific committee. In addition to the quality of the proposals, special consideration will be given to gender balance and the representation of professionals, associations and social partners in the different panels.
• The deadline for submitting proposals is 15 October 2019.
• Authors of selected abstracts for the Conference will be notified by 15 November 2019.
• The deadline for submitting the final draft paper (3,000-5,000 words) is 10 January 2020. A ‘no paper – no podium’ strict policy applies.
• The Conference will be held at the Dos Hermanas campus of Loyola University Andalusia, in Seville, on 20-21 January 2020.
• Authors of accepted abstracts are expected to bear the costs of their own travel and accommodation.
• The Conference directors are planning to publish the most relevant papers presented in the conference.
• The deadline for submitting the final version of the selected papers (6,000-8,000 words) will be 21 February 2020. Further information about the publication process will be conveyed to selected proposal authors in due course.

VENUE

The Conference will be held at the Sevilla-Ciudad del Conocimiento campus of Loyola University Andalusia in Dos Hermanas, Seville.  Seville’s Old Town contains three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Real Alcazar palace complex, the Gothic Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies. Other important sites are the Golden Tower (Torre del Oro), the Maria Luisa’s Park & Plaza de España and the ruins of the Roman City “Itálica”, used as location for some scenes of the television series Games of Thrones.

For more information, visit the official Conference website.

Scientific Committee

• Tine Sommer (Professor of Law, Advisory Board Member of CREDI, Center for Law and Digitalization, University of Aarhus, Denmark);
• Víctor Luis Gutiérrez Castillo (Associate Professor of Public International Law, University of Jaén);
• Fernando Miró Llinares (Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, Miguel Hernandez University, CRIMINA Research Center);
• Alberto Elisavetski (Professor Law, Untref University of Buenos Aires, Director of On Line Dispute Resolution Latinamerica);
• Michael D. Green (Professor of Law, Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA);
• Marie-Cécile Escande-Varniol (Professor of Law, Universidad Lumière Lyon 2)

Co-directors

• Manuel Paniagua Zurera (Professor of Commercial Law, Loyola University Andalusia);
• Gloria Fernández- Pacheco Alises (Assistant Professor of Criminology, Loyola University Andalusia);
• Maria Lubomira Kubica (Assistant Professor of Civil and Comparative Law, Loyola University Andalusia);
• Jonatan Cruz Ángeles (Assistant Professor of Public International Law, Loyola University Andalusia);
• Rafael Aguilera Gordillo (Part-time Lecturer of Criminal Compliance and International Security, Loyola University Andalusia);
• Ana Mercedes López Rodríguez (Associate Professor of Private International Law, Head of the Law Department, Loyola University Andalusia)

The CJEU today has held in C‑172/18 AMS Neve, confirming Szpunar AG’s Opinion which I briefly reviewed earlier. Eleonora Rosati has excellent analysis here and I am happy to refer entirely. As I note in my handbook, ‘targeting’, ‘directed at’ and ‘business models’ are a variety of jurisdictional triggers across EU law. The lack of uniform terminology does not assist the unsuspected reader or practitioner.

Geert.

(Handbook of) EU private international law, 2nd ed. 2016, Heading 2.2.8.2.5; Heading 2.2.11.2.4 (quoted by the AG in his Opinion).

Saisie immobilère

Surendettement

Alsace Moselle

Appel civil

Commission / Italie (Bactérie Xylella fastidiosa)
Environnement et consommateurs
L’Italie a manqué à l’obligation lui incombant de mettre en place des mesures pour empêcher la propagation de la bactérie Xylella fastidiosa, qui peut entraîner la mort de nombreux végétaux, notamment les oliviers

Commission / Italie (Bactérie Xylella fastidiosa)
Environnement et consommateurs
L’Italie a manqué à l’obligation lui incombant de mettre en place des mesures pour empêcher la propagation de la bactérie Xylella fastidiosa, qui peut entraîner la mort de nombreux végétaux, notamment les oliviers

Verein für Konsumenteninformation
Rapprochement des législations
La possibilité de payer par prélèvement SEPA ne peut pas être subordonnée à une condition de domicile sur le territoire national

Verein für Konsumenteninformation
Rapprochement des législations
La possibilité de payer par prélèvement SEPA ne peut pas être subordonnée à une condition de domicile sur le territoire national

AW e.a. (Appels au 112)
Rapprochement des législations
Les entreprises de télécommunications doivent transmettre gratuitement à l’autorité traitant les appels d’urgence au 112 les informations permettant de localiser l’appelant

AW e.a. (Appels au 112)
Rapprochement des législations
Les entreprises de télécommunications doivent transmettre gratuitement à l’autorité traitant les appels d’urgence au 112 les informations permettant de localiser l’appelant

La preuve de la saisine de l’État membre responsable d’un demandeur d’asile peut être apportée par le préfet par tous moyens et non exclusivement par la production de l’accusé de réception Dublin et émis par le point d’accès national.

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Salvoni
Espace de liberté, sécurité et justice
Lors de la délivrance du certificat relatif à force exécutoire d’une injonction de paiement définitive, le juge national ne peut pas vérifier d’office si les règles de compétence juridictionnelle ont été méconnues, même si un consommateur est concerné

Salvoni
Espace de liberté, sécurité et justice
Lors de la délivrance du certificat relatif à force exécutoire d’une injonction de paiement définitive, le juge national ne peut pas vérifier d’office si les règles de compétence juridictionnelle ont été méconnues, même si un consommateur est concerné

Un homme, détenu en 2016 au centre de détention de Toul, était poursuivi pour avoir outragé sa juge d’application des peines, en l’ayant moqué dans un journal satirique paru dans sa prison et auquel il a contribué. Jugeant les faits insuffisamment caractérisés, le tribunal correctionnel, mardi 3 septembre, l’a relaxé.

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