16 posts in 2020
3 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 assembly15 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 assembly3 February 2020
The Civil and Criminal Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia opens a new investigation against President Quim Torra for an alleged crime […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly5 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 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 representation6 July 2020
Carlos Ramos, examining magistrate of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia, who is leading the investigation against President Quim Torra for not having removed, […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly28 September 2020
The Supreme Court ratifies the sentence issued by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia. Thus, the court rejects the appeal filed by Quim Torra […]
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Central Electoral BoardJudicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representationRights to free expression and assembly19 October 2020
The magistrate investigating the case against the former president, Quim Torra, for not having removed a banner featuring a yellow ribbon from the balcony of […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsRights to free expression and assembly2 November 2020
Internal discussions of ERC leaders on political strategy are leaked to El Confidencial. JxCat and ERC denounce that the Volhov Case is a political espionage […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly3 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 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 representation28 December 2020
The Court that is investigating the second case of disobedience against former president Quim Torra is prosecuting him for not having removed a banner featuring […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsRights to free expression and assembly