31 posts in 2021
7 January 2021
The Court of Appeal of Brussels dismisses the appeal lodged by the Belgian Prosecutor’s Office against the lower court ruling that rejected Pablo Llarena’s European […]
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European Arrest Warrants14 January 2021
MEPs Carles Puigdemont, Antoni Comín and Clara Ponsatí appear before the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament requesting that their parliamentary immunity not […]
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European Arrest Warrants28 January 2021
The Catalan Government has once again agreed to grant the third degree status to the prisoners in the 1 October referendum case. The third degree […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime16 February 2021
The magistrate presents a brief to the members of the court after the prisoners demand that he be recused following the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial17 February 2021
Borràs was sentenced by the Supreme Court to one year in prison, eight months of disqualification and issued with a fine of 60,000 euros for […]
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Politicisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial23 February 2021
In a tighter vote than expected (15 votes in favour, 8 against and 2 abstentions), the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament recommends to […]
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European Arrest Warrants9 March 2021
The Plenary Session of the European Parliament votes in favor of lifting the immunity of Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí so that the […]
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European Arrest Warrants11 March 2021
The former Minister of Agriculture, Meritxell Serret, who had resided in Belgium since November 2017, has been on trial in the 1 October referendum case […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice18 March 2021
The full Constitutional Court unanimously endorses the decision of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of 14 May, 2019, not to suspend the trial […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court18 March 2021
The defence of the three exiles files for the recusal of Conde-Pumpido, magistrate of the Constitutional Court, in order that he abstain from the resolution […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial4 April 2021
The magistrate of the Constitutional Court Cándido Conde-Pumpido proposes through a letter to the president of the Constitutional Court that he abstain from taking part […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtViolation of autonomy5 April 2021
The Third Chamber of the Supreme Court dismisses the appeals of the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) against the […]
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Central Electoral BoardRights to free expression and assembly6 April 2021
The Prosecutor’s Office accuses Muñoz (“Xelj” on Twitter) of working with Anonymous to target the websites and services of government and state institutions and Spanish […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly22 April 2021
The former minister filed an appeal to the high court against the judgement of 1 October issued by the Supreme Court denouncing a violation of […]
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Politicisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial4 May 2021
After several postponements while waiting for the European Parliament to rule on the lifting of Clara Ponsatí’s immunity, the processing of the European Arrest Warrant […]
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European Arrest Warrants11 May 2021
The Court considers that the fundamental rights of the former minister have not been violated by the sentence issued by the Supreme Court on the […]
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Politicisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional Court12 May 2021
The Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court dismisses the appeal that Oriol Junqueras had submitted against the decision of the Central Electoral Board of 3 […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation9 June 2021
In Cuixart’s appeal to the ECHR, which is more than 2,000 pages long and includes reports from international organisations, he argues that the Supreme Court […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly10 June 2021
The Supreme Court declares the completion of the penalty of 20 months of disqualification from public office of former ministers Carles Mundó, Meritxell Borràs and […]
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Politicisation of justice21 June 2021
The resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe encourages Spain to, among other things, reform the crimes of rebellion and sedition, consider […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice21 June 2021
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia rejects the appeal of the University of Barcelona against the judgement issued by a Barcelona Administrative Court annulling […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly22 June 2021
The pardons are granted under the condition that those sentenced to prison (Junqueras, Romeva, Turull, Bassa, Forn, Rull, Forcadell, Sànchez and Cuixart) do not commit […]
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Politicisation of justice28 June 2021
The magistrate of the National High Court María Tardón dismisses the appeal presented by the lawyer of Puigdemont, Comín, Ponsatí and Puig in the case […]
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Politicisation of justice23 July 2021
The court has acquitted from concealment charges the two agents of the Catalan police force who, together with the businessman Jami Matamala and the historian […]
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Politicisation of justice30 July 2021
The General Court of the European Union decides to dismiss the request filed by Carles Puigdemont, Antoni Comín and Clara Ponsatí requesting their immunity be […]
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European Arrest Warrants26 August 2021
The Sheriff’s Court of Edinburgh believes that it no longer has jurisdiction to execute the European Arrest Warrant issued against Clara Ponsatí by the investigating […]
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European Arrest Warrants23 September 2021
The Italian police arrest the MEP Carles Puigdemont on his arrival in Sardinia, where he had traveled to meet the authorities of the island and […]
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European Arrest Warrants4 October 2021
Carles Puigdemont appears before the Court of Appeal of Sassari (Sardinia) in the extradition proceedings initiated against him following his arrest on the island on […]
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European Arrest Warrants7 October 2021
The plenary session of the Constitutional Court endorses the decision of the investigating judge of the 1 October case Pablo Llarena of March 2018 to […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to political representation28 October 2021
The former president of the Parliament had appealed against the resolution of the Supreme Court that sentenced her to 11 years and 6 months in […]
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Politicisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional Court26 November 2021
The General Court of the European Union rejects the new request, submitted by Carles Puigdemont, Antoni Comín and Clara Ponsatí, to provisionally have their immunity […]
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European Arrest Warrants