Schumann Barragán, Guillermo José2025-09-192025-09-192022SCHUMANN BARRAGÁN, G., Privileges and open justice, Colloquium of the International Association of Procedural Law, University of Brescia, 2022.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/124140Privileges are legal immunities that make it possible to refuse to disclose evidence or to protect certain confidential information within the proceedings. As such, they confer an advantage —a “privilege”— on their holder. This paper analyses the conflict of interests between certain privileges and the principle of open justice. To do so, it will first examine what privileges are. Particular attention will be paid to those privileges that protect confidential information within the proceedings. Finally, it analyses the extent to which these privileges conflict with the publicity of the proceedings.engconference paperopen access347.9Civil procedureLegal privilegeEvidenceConfidentialityDerechoDerecho procesalDerecho públicoDerecho comparado56 Ciencias Jurídicas y Derecho5605 Legislación y Leyes Nacionales