The institution emphasizes that the months and years spent under the most serious accusations constitute an attack on rights and freedoms that would have no place in a democratic and lawful state
These people resigned from their posts as a result of the coercive fine imposed by the Constitutional Court, which the same Court subsequently lifted
STATEMENT REGARDING THE INTERLOCUTORY DECREES OF THE SPANISH SUPREME COURT OF DECEMBER 4, 2020
It questions the intent to condition access to a particular prison treatment to reintegration programs that are meant to inculcate certain ideology in inmates.
The application of the regime of article 100.2 RP (penitentiary regulation) and the progression to third degree by the Catalan penitentiary administration are adjusted to law
The Spanish Supreme Court has declared itself competent to hear penitentiary issues and reintegration mechanisms instead of the specialized courts
Never before had the suspensive effect of the third degree been applied on the occasion of the Prosecutor’s appeal against the administrative decision
The objective situations of the nine convicted people transcend the specific case and could have a detrimental effect on the more than 6,000 convicted people in Catalan prisons.
Today, the judgment of the Second Chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court in the appeal filed by the Mr. Joaquim Torra Pla, President of the Government of Catalonia, against the judgment of 19 December 2019 of the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia has been announced. In this ruling, the Supreme Court confirms the ruling of the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia and bans the President of the Government of Catalonia from “holding public office”.