Maximilien Jazani (born in Iran) is the son of

Bijan Jazani Bijan Jazani ( fa, بیژن جزنی; 9 January 1938, Tehran – April 19, 1975) was an Iranian political activist and a major figure among modern Iranian Socialist intellectuals, a Marxist theorist as well as one of the founders of the Organiz ...

and a French lawyer at the Paris Bar and human rights advocate.

Childhood and Education

Maximilien Jazani was born in

Teheran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populo ...

in the second half of the 1960s in an intellectual and

agnostic Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable. (page 56 in 1967 edition) Another definition provided is the view that "human reason is incapable of providing sufficient ...

family (see

). As a child, he went to the modern method and agnostic primary Farhad school in Teheran and started his first "college" in

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when Mohammad Reza Shah's regime was reversed and the Islamic Republic of Iran started oppressing democrats, agnostics and

secularist Secularism is the principle of seeking to conduct human affairs based on secular, naturalistic considerations. Secularism is most commonly defined as the separation of religion from civil affairs and the state, and may be broadened to a sim ...

s in Iran. He had to leave Iran together with his mother and his brother and to come in France. In France, he went to "college" and high school (Lycée) and obtained a “baccalaureat” of French litters philosophy and mathematics. He then went to the

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of Law. He very soon won the First Prize of Constitutional Law and obtained a Master (DESS) of Business and Taxation Law from Paris Pantheon Assas Law University.

Human Rights Advocacy

In 1997 Jazani became a member of the Association of the Business Lawyers (ACE).http://www.avocats-conseils.org/annuaire-membres.htm?prm_annuaire_cnpersonne=JAZANI He was elected president of the Human Rights Commission of ACE in 1997 and 1998. He participated in the great reform of French criminal procedure in 1998, was received by the Minister of Justice, Élisabeth Guigou and made nine proposals for reform of the French code of criminal procedure. He proposed to allow the defense lawyer to be assisted by a private investigator (7th Proposal) and to have the right to request from the examining judge (juge d'instruction) to perform acts he judges useful for the search of the truth (4th Proposal). The 4th proposal was accepted by the government and was adopted by the legislator and became the new 1st section article 82-1 of the French Criminal Procedure Code. Jazani also participated in the works for the institution of the International Penal Court. He advocated for the protection of the lawyers' secrecy (client's privilege) always in the perspective of the improvement of the arms length procedure. He advocated for the remitting of the Paris Bar Medal to the Nobel Peace Prize Shirin Ebadi on March 8, 2005. Maximilien Jazani focused his advocacy in human rights in the area of the improvement of the Defense rights in all kind of procedure (Criminal procedure, tax procedure, ... ).

Publications

Jazani has published numerous articles in the matters of Human Rights, taxation and Music and Live show.

The Best Young Business Lawyer Contest

Maximilien Jazani created in 1999 a contest called the Best Young Business Lawyer Contest ("Trophée du Meilleur Jeune Avocat Conseil d’Entreprises) which is still organized by ACE.

References

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