246 posts
7 February 2018
Magistrate Francisco Monterde, vice-president of the Asociación Profesional de la Magistratura (a conservative association of judges) is appointed speaker forJordi Sànchez’s appeal against permission being […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trialRight to political representation18 February 2018
The Civil and Criminal Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia sends a letter to Supreme Court judge, Pablo Llarena, proposing that he […]
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Politicisation of justice23 February 2018
The President of Parliament Roger Torrent convenes the plenary session in order to discuss various motion for resolutions on the political situation, including a proposal […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation1 March 2018
The plenary session of Parliament approves the ruling on the restitution of Catalan institutions with favourable votes by JxCat, ERC and CUP MPs (not including […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation5 March 2018
Sànchez who is currently imprisoned, had been proposed by President Puigdemont, after he gave up pursuing his own investiture. The following day, Torrent convenes the […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsRight to political representation9 March 2018
Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena rejects the request by Jordi Sànchez to obtain an extraordinary permit to leave prison to attend the investiture in Parliament […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsPrison regimeRight to political representation20 March 2018
Given the prohibition by Supreme Court Examining Magistrate , Pablo Llarena, to attend the investiture plenary session in Parliament, Sànchez informs Roger Torrent of his […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation21 March 2018
The president of Parliament Roger Torrent proposes Jordi Turull as candidate for presidency of the Government of Catalonia and calls the investiture plenary session for […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsRight to political representation22 March 2018
As previously announced, the CUP abstains from the vote soJordi Turull does not reach the absolute majority necessary to be invested in the first investiture […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation23 March 2018
The examining magistrate forthe 1 October referendum case at the Supreme Court, Pablo Llarena, notifies the following interlocutory ordre: Prosecuted for rebellion are former president […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regime24 March 2018
The plenary session is resumed in parliament for the investiture of Jordi Turull as president of the Government of Catalania, imprisoned the previous day by […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justicePrison regimeRight to political representation28 March 2018
President Carles Puigdemont is asking for his vote to be delegated in all plenary sessions of the Parliament. On 3 April the Bureau accepts the […]
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Right to political representation6 April 2018
The General State Prosecutor’s Office agrees to a six-month extension of the proceedings against the mayors who had collaborated with the Government of Catalonia in […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's Office10 April 2018
The Mossos d’Esquadra arrest six people in Malgrat de Mar (2), Solsona, Òrrius, Arenys de Mar and El Pont de Vilomara for the alleged crime […]
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Right to political representationRights to free expression and assembly13 April 2018
The Parliament Bureau approves, with votes by JxCat and ERC, to sue judge Pablo Llarena and other magistrates from the Supreme Court’s Criminal Chamber for […]
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Free parliamentary debateJudicial vetoes of elected officialsRight to political representation19 April 2018
President Puigdemont, Jordi Turull, Jordi Sànchez, Josep Rull and the other JxCat MPs submit an appeal for protection to the Constitutional Court against judge Pablo […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsRight to political representation26 April 2018
The Constitutional Court accepts the appeals for protection presented by the PSC and voids the agreement made by the Bureau on 4 October 2017 convening […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court4 May 2018
Parliament’s Plenary Session approves a modification in Presidency Law to enable the investiture of the Presidency of the Government of Catalonia remotely -without a candidate […]
8 May 2018
The Constitutional Court admits the appeals for protection of Ciudadanos and the PP against delegating the votes of President Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comínin Parliament, […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation15 June 2018
Executing the agreements reached by the Bureau of Parliament, Roger Torrent submits a complaint against Pablo Llarena and three other judges at the Supreme Court […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation20 June 2018
The Second Criminal Court of Manresa sentences the town mayor of Berga Montserrat Venturós (CUP) to a penalty of six months of disqualification and a […]
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Central Electoral BoardNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly26 June 2018
The Bureau admits a proposal by the CUP for a resolution regarding Parliament regulations which was revoked by the Constitutional Court proposing that the Parliament […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRights to free expression and assembly5 July 2018
The Parliament of Catalonia approves with favourable votes from JxCat, ERC and CUP the resolution on the regulations of Parliament revoked by the Constitutional Court, […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court9 July 2018
Magistrate Pablo Llarena concludes the summary trial against the leaders involved in the 1 October referendum and declares that the interlocutory order of prosecution against […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to political representation12 July 2018
At the request of the PSC and with the support of JxCat and ERC, the Bureau of the Parliament agrees to ask their legal department […]
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Right to political representationRights to free expression and assembly13 July 2018
The Spanish government lodges an appeals to the Constitutional Court against a resolution approved on 5 July on Parliament regulations which was revoked by the […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRights to free expression and assembly18 July 2018
The Bureau of Parliament has not come to any agreement on how to deal with the effects of suspending the leaders prosecuted for rebellion for […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation30 July 2018
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Chamber dismisses appeals lodged by Oriol Junqueras, Raül Romeva, Josep Rull, Jordi Turull and Jordi Sànchez against their suspension as ministers […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to political representation2 August 2018
The Examining Magistrate’s Court No. 13 of Barcelona, investigating the charges to the Government of Catalonia in relation to organising the referendum, asks the High […]
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Politicisation of justice9 September 2018
The National High Courtis investigating Carrasco for protests organised by the CDRsagainst the imprisonment of some ministers, the president of Parliament Carme Forcadell, and the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly25 September 2018
JxCat and ERC reach an agreement on the suspension of the ministers prosecuted for rebellion in the 1 October referendum case (Carles Puigdemont, Oriol Junqueras, […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation1 October 2018
The protests include cutting off various public infrastructures such as the AP-7 motorway, the AVE high speed train tracks in Girona and several central streets […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly2 October 2018
The Parliament of Catalonia’s plenary session votes on a compromise regarding the effects of the ministers’ suspension for rebellion related to their prosecution for involvement […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation4 October 2018
JxCat spokesman Albert Batet submits a letter to the Bureau of Parliament indicating that the JxCat deputies suspended due to the 1 October case (Carles […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation8 October 2018
The Bureau of the Parliament meets before resuming the suspended general policy debate on 4 October and definitively rejects the delegation of votes by the […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation11 October 2018
The Parliament of Catalonia approves a resolution condemning King Felipe VI for his actions after the 1 October referendum in which it also calls for […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court15 October 2018
About thirty people submit an appeal for protection, promoted by the Assemblea Nacional Catalana, to the Constitutional Court against suspending members of Parliament prosecuted for […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation25 October 2018
Thethe Supreme Court Chamber which is to judge the case against the leaders of the October 1 referendum confirms the conclusion of the summary trial […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial2 November 2018
The Prosecutor’s Office is asking for 25 years in prison for former vice president Oriol Junqueras and 16 years for former ministers Joaquim Forn, Jordi […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice13 December 2018
The Spanish Government presented an appeal of unconstitutionality against the resolution, which reiterated the objectives of the resolution on the start of the independence process […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court19 December 2018
The National High Court dismisses the case against former CUP MPAlbert Botran, Poble Lliure spokesperson Guillem Fuster, and Poble Lliure activists Marcel·lí Canet, Marcel Casellas, […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly20 December 2018
The members of the Parliament of Catalonia accused of rebellion and suspended from their duties as part of the Supreme Court case (Carles Puigdemont, Oriol […]
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Right to political representation12 February 2019
The trial is held before the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, presided over by Manuel Marchena. The defendants are Oriol Junqueras, former vice-president of […]
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Politicisation of justice20 February 2019
Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of the 1 October referendum, finally dismisses Carles Puigdemont’s appeal against his suspension as […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to political representation27 February 2019
Eulàlia Reguant, CUP city councillor in Barcelona Town Hall, and Antonio Baños, former CUP member of the Parliament of Catalonia, had been summoned to testify […]
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Politicisation of justice4 March 2019
The Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court dismisses the appeal presented by JxSí and CUP MPs against the dissolution of Parliament pursuant to Article 155, […]
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Right to political representationViolation of autonomy7 March 2019
The Parliament of Catalonia votes to create a commission to investigate the monarchy, specifically the criminal or irregular activities of individuals linked to the Spanish […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court27 March 2019
The Constitutional Court overturns the amendment of the Presidency Law allowing for the investiture of a president of Government of Catalonia to take place remotely […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation28 May 2019
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejects the complaint presented by Carme Forcadell and the rest of the pro-independence MPs against the Constitutional Court’s […]
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Free parliamentary debate2 July 2019
The plenary session of the Constitutional Court upholds the application of Article 155 in Catalonia on 27 October 2017, including the dismissal of the government […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtViolation of autonomy17 July 2019
The motion that condemned Felipe VI, brought by Catalunya en Comú-Podem, was passed in the Parlament of Catalonia, with Catalunya en Comú-Podem, JxCat and ERC […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court25 July 2019
The Parliament of Catalonia, in a single-topic plenary session on ‘the real Catalonia’ requested by Ciudadanos, passes a resolution that once again censures the monarchy […]
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Free parliamentary debate26 September 2019
During the General Policy Debate in Parliament, JxCat, ERC and the CUP pass a resolution reaffirming Catalonia’s right to self-determination, defending civil and institutional disobedience […]
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Free parliamentary debate2 October 2019
The plenary session of the Constitutional Court overturns the creation of a commission of inquiry into the Spanish monarchy passed by theParliament of Catalonia on […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court7 October 2019
The Spanish Government is challenging the resolution passed by Parliament on 25 July once again censuring the Spanish monarchy and reaffirming the right to self-determination. […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court14 October 2019
The Supreme Court convicts nine pro-independence leaders of sedition in the case against the 1 October referendum sentences them to prison terms ranging from nine […]
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Politicisation of justice14 October 2019
The Spanish government challenges the resolution passed by the Parliament on 26 September defending civil and institutional disobedience as a response to the Supreme Court’s […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court22 October 2019
The Bureau of Parliament admits a motion put forth by JxCat, ERC and the CUP, condemning the Supreme Court ruling against the pro-independence leaders and […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court29 October 2019
The Bureau of Parliament allows debate on a motion presented by the CUP calling on Parliament to reiterate its will to exercise the right of […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court12 November 2019
With the goal of avoiding the Constitutional Court’s foreseeable ban, the president of Parliament, Roger Torrent, calls an early start to the plenary session that […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court26 November 2019
The plenary session of the Parliament of Catalonia passes the resolution presented by JxCat, ERC and the CUP condemning the Supreme Court’s ruling against the […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court28 November 2019
The plenary session of the Constitutional Court dismisses the appeal for protection presented byOriol Junqueras against Judge Pablo Llarena’s decision to keep him in pre-trial […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtPrison regimeRight to political representation5 December 2019
Huesca Investigating Court no. 3 sends former Culture Ministers of the Government of Catalonia to trial, for not having followed or obstructed the court order […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceViolation of autonomy17 December 2019
In accordance with Spanish laws on parliamentary immunity, the Ninth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Barcelona refers the proceedings against Laura Borràs, a member of Congress […]
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Politicisation of justice18 December 2019
The Constitutional Court overturns the resolutions passed by the Parliament of Catalonia on 25 July and 26 September that once again censured the monarchy and […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court23 December 2019
Lawyer Francesc Jufresa sends the Ministry of Justice a pardon request for the 12 individuals convicted in the ruling against the independence process, both those […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial3 January 2020
The Central Electoral Board agrees to strip Quim Torra of his seat following his conviction for disobedience by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia […]
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Central Electoral BoardJudicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representationRights to free expression and assembly3 January 2020
The Central Electoral Board rules in favour of the PP, Ciudadanos and VOX and declares that Oriol Junqueras has lost his status as MEP as […]
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Central Electoral BoardRight to political representation10 January 2020
Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of the 1 October referendum, rules on Carles Puigdemont and Antoni Comín’s appeal the […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice13 January 2020
At the beginning of the first plenary session of the year, the president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, officially announces that Carles Puigdemont and […]
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Politicisation of justice15 January 2020
The Constitutional Court finally rejects the appeal that Carles Puigdemont, Jordi Turull, Jordi Sànchez and the rest of the JxCat members ofParliament had brought against […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsPrison regimeRight to political representation15 January 2020
The Constitutional Court rejects the appeals presented by Jordi Sànchez and Carme Forcadell (dismissed on 15 January), Raül Romeva (dismissed on 13 February), and Jordi […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtPrison regimeRight to political representation23 January 2020
The Supreme Court decides not to provisionally suspend the disqualification of Quim Torra as an MP, ordered by the Central Electoral Board following his conviction […]
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Central Electoral BoardRight to political representationRights to free expression and assembly27 January 2020
The president of Parliament, Roger Torrent, refuses to submit to a vote of the Bureau a document presented by JxCat revoking the instructions issued by […]
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Central Electoral BoardJudicial vetoes of elected officialsRight to political representationRights to free expression and assembly28 January 2020
The Constitutional Court decides to overturn the Bureau of Parliament’s 22 October 2019 decision to allow a vote on sections censuring the monarchy and asserting […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court28 January 2020
The Plenary Session of the Constitutional Court upholds the March 2018 decision of Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation5 February 2020
The Parliament makes the decision in relation to President Torra’s conviction for disobedience, which is not yet final, in the case of the yellow ribbons. […]
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Central Electoral BoardRight to political representationRights to free expression and assembly7 February 2020
On 28 January it dismissed Oriol Junqueras’s appeal against the decision of Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of the […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtPrison regimeRight to political representation11 February 2020
The Constitutional Court overturns the Bureau’s 29 October 2019 decision to allow a resolution presented by the CUP reaffirming Parliament’s commitment to the right to […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court11 February 2020
The Constitutional Court finally rejects the appeal that Carles Puigdemont and the other JxCat members of Parliament had presented against the refusal of Pablo Llarena, […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtPrison regimeRight to political representation25 February 2020
The appeal, presented in relation to the case against the leaders of the 1 October referendum and before Junqueras, Turull, Romeva, Rull and Sànchez were […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation15 June 2020
The trial against the Vilanova-born Josant was set to be held on 16 June but has finally been postponed following the repercussions of the pandemic […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly22 June 2020
The plenary session of the Constitutional Court declares some of the articles of the Catalan Tax Code law (Llei del Codi Tributari de Catalunya) to […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court10 July 2020
The first vice-president of the Bureau of the CatalanParliament, Josep Costa, together with the secretary of the Bureau, Eusebi Campdepadrós, of the JxCat party, have […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court13 July 2020
The investigation, carried out jointly by The Guardian and El País as well as in cooperation with the University of Toronto research group CitizenLab has […]
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Politicisation of justice10 August 2020
The Secretary-General of Parliament, Xavier Muro, instructs that the resolutions passed by the plenary session on the monarchy be published without the parts that he […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court23 August 2020
The proceedings, which were initiated following the information that Ciudadanos had sent to the Prosecutor’s Office in 2019, investigate the expenditure of 168,000 euros, partly […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's Office10 October 2020
The three demonstrators arrested during the demonstrations in front of Parliament in support of the investiture of Carles Puigdemont, on 30 January 2018, testify before […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly19 October 2020
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia convicts the former members of the Bureau Lluís Corominas, Anna Simó, Ramona Barrufet and Lluís Guinó for the […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justice3 November 2020
The Constitutional Courthas rejected the appeal for protection filed by Quim Torra against the decision of the Supreme Court not to suspend as a precautionary […]
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Central Electoral BoardJudicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation17 December 2020
The Constitutional Court has finally rejected the appeal, which was lodged by around thirty people in opposition to the Supreme Court’s ruling in July 2018, […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation21 December 2020
The vice-president of the Catalan Government, Pere Aragonès, signs the decree calling for Catalan elections for 14 February 2021, after the expiry of the two-month […]
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Central Electoral BoardJudicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation15 January 2021
The Catalan Government reaches an agreement with all the parties of Parliament except the PSC to postpone the elections until 30 May due to the […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officials20 January 2021
The Civil and Criminal Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia condemns Bernat Solé, minister of Foreign Affairs, Institutional Relations and Transparency of […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice28 January 2021
The Provincial Electoral Board of Barcelona does not authorise the rallies in favour of the political prisoners and exiles called for 1 and 8 February, […]
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Central Electoral BoardRights to free expression and assembly28 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 regime14 February 2021
Following the disqualification of President Quim Torra and the failure to reach an agreement regarding the election of a new president, the elections were finally […]
16 February 2021
Hundreds of demonstrations in protest against the arrest of Hasél are called throughout the country. The demonstrations took place in Barcelona, Lleida, Tarragona and a […]
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Prison regimeRights to free expression and assembly1 March 2021
The Prosecutor’s Office files a complaint before the High Court of Justice of Catalonia against former president of the Bureau of Parliament Roger Torrent (ERC) […]
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Free parliamentary debateNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticised Constitutional Court11 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 justice