A recent report of the UN Human Rights Committee’s Rapporteur on Follow Up makes clear that Spain has wholly failed to implement the UN Committee’s 2021 decision in the Garzón v Spain case. In its groundbreaking 2021 decision the UNHRC condemned the arbitrary dismissal and prosecution of Judge Garzón and Spanish interference with judicial independence, and found that Spain should provide “integral reparation.” Since 2021, Helen Duffy/HRiP who represents the former Judge in his international litigation, has sought on multiple occasions to engage with the Spanish state to ensure implementation. The Spanish state’ s failure to provide any meaningful response is an affront to the authority of the UN Committee and to Spain’s international legal obligations under the ICCPR. See more information in English here, y información en Españolaquí.
