As a legal category, 'international judicial assistance' is perhaps better known in countries of the civil law tradition than those of the common law.
We noted that the form of our judicial assistance will be affected by the interim government's performance in this and other critical cases.
In addition, they are planning close collaboration with the USA on a whole series of issues, including judicial assistance.
Here again, however, we will have to clarify the rules on exchanges of personal data within the framework of mutual judicial assistance involving third countries.
There is only a vague mandate to draw up, sometime or other, an agreement on mutual judicial assistance.
We cannot take a unilateral approach to judicial assistance.
The rules on administrative and judicial assistance are disappointing.
Greater efforts, however, are also needed in the administration of justice, in matters such as judicial assistance and the treatment of evidence.
First, the administration of agreements on mutual judicial assistance must be radically improved.
The Swiss authorities will from now on also provide judicial assistance in the event of tax evasion by a foreign client.