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Spanish organizations oppose a resolution that could end Spain’s universal jurisdiction

In support of Universal Jurisdiction The social organizations, solidarity groups, development NGOs and human rights associations, as well as persons of the academic and legal sphere, listed below: WE EXPRESS our opposition to the approval by the Spanish Congress of Deputies of the Resolution that limits the exercise of the universal penal jurisdiction by the Spanish courts and restricts their jurisdiction to the cases in which those presumed responsible are found in Spain or to the…

June 2, 2009

Spain signals end to war crimes, genocide hunting

Ben Harding | Reuters 20 May 2009 Spanish judges who tried to extradite ex-Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and investigate Bush administration officials over Guantanamo will likely be barred from doing so again after a parliamentary vote on Tuesday. Under pressure from foreign governments, members of Spain’s congress almost unanimously passed a resolution which, if translated into law, would end the right of Spanish judges to investigate serious crimes like genocide anywhere in the world in cases…

June 2, 2009

Spain to limit judges’ jurisdiction; includes probe against Israelis

The Jerusalem Post 20 May 2009 Spain’s congress on Tuesday reportedly passed a resolution to limit the jurisdiction of investigative judges. The move follows pressure from foreign governments such as the US, China and Israel, which has strongly criticized Judge Fernando Andreu’s ongoing investigation into the 2002 assassination of Hamas terrorist Salah Shehadeh in Gaza, in which 14 others were also killed. The resolution confines judges to cases with a clear Spanish connection and excludes them…

June 2, 2009