信息技术与域外取证:问题、规则与实践

Information Technology and Taking Evidence Abroad:Issues,Rules and Practice

信息技术的发展已经深刻地影响到国际民事诉讼的各个方面。信息技术同样也给传统的域外取证规则带来冲击和挑战,也引发了许多新的法律问题,如利用电子邮件提出请求书的效力问题、利用视频连接进行域外取证的证据宣誓问题等。而在利用信息技术进行域外取证方面,已有一些国家立法有了初步的规定,但是,规定还不完善。为了解决信息技术所带来的问题,海牙国际私法会议召开了多次会议,并发出了两次问卷调查表,然而各成员方之间分歧依然严重,为了彻底解决由此带来的问题,国际社会还需要继续努力。

The development of information technology has profoundly influenced all aspects of international civil litigation.Information technology brought about challenges to the traditional rules of taking evidence abroad.It has also led to many new legal issues, such as the validity of outgoing letters of request by e-mail,the problems of oath by using video-link to take evidence abroad,etc..With respect to the use of information technology in taking evidence abroad,some countries have enacted relevant legislation.However, they are far from perfect.In order to solve the problems brought about by information technology,the Hague Conference on Private International Law held a number of conferences,and sent two questionnaires to members.However,there are still serious differences among members,and hence there is more to be done by the international community.