On January 1, 2025, the revised Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) will come into force, allowing courts to use video conferencing and, in exceptional cases, teleconferencing in civil proceedings. According to Art. 141a and 141b of the new CCP, the courts can now conduct oral proceedings (in particular hearings, hearings and interrogations) by video conference and, exceptionally, by telephone conference under certain conditions. Witness examinations, expert opinions or party questioning are also possible via video conference under certain conditions. The technical requirements as well as data protection and data security requirements will be set out in a Federal Council ordinance. The consultation on the draft of this ordinance was opened at the meeting on 14 February 2024 and will run until 22 May 2024. The ordinance also specifies the measures that the court can take as part of the management of proceedings to ensure orderly proceedings during a video or telephone conference. In order to ensure adequate data protection and sufficient data security when using electronic means, the ordinance sets out specific requirements for the transmission of sound and images as well as for data processing during and after transmission. Furthermore, the system used must be configured in such a way that these requirements can be met. Furthermore, additional precautions are defined to ensure that the data of all parties involved are adequately protected both during the preparation and execution of the procedural act. In particular, it should be ensured that no unauthorized third parties can gain access to the video or telephone conference and follow the proceedings. Certain requirements for the recording of sound and images are also defined. Finally, the requirements and procedures are also regulated if the public is to be granted access to the audio and video transmission. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On January 1, 2025, the revised Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) will come into force, allowing courts to use video conferencing and, in exceptional cases, teleconferencing in civil proceedings. According to Art. 141a and 141b of the new CCP, the courts can now conduct oral proceedings (in particular hearings, hearings and interrogations) by video conference […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144,147,177,181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-contract-law","category-procedural-and-litigation-law","category-employment-law","category-family-law"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n