Judgement

Assessment

A month after the Supreme Court’s judgement 459/2019 was made public, the platform International Trial Watch – Catalan Referendum Case, together with national and international organisations, presented a factual and legal assessment of its contents at a press conference in Madrid.

After carrying out a monitoring process of the trial with recognized jurists as national and international observers in the Supreme Court, between February and June 2019, who carefully observed the judicial process and judgement, they reached several conclusions. They concluded that the proceedings and judgement violated the following principles and rights: principle of legality in criminal law, right to liberty, freedom of expression, freedom of ideology, right to peaceful assembly and the free exercise of representative public office, as well as the right to due process and with all guarantees.

Read the factual and legal assessment by international and national observers of the judgement condemning Catalan authorities and social leaders (SCJ 459/2019).

The organisations that signed the assessment prepared by International Trial Watch were:

ACDDH – Associació Catalana per a la Defensa dels Drets Humans.
Addameer – Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association.
AED – Avocats Européens Démocrates / European Democratic Lawyers.
ALA – Asociación Libre de Abogadas y Abogados
ALAZ – Asociación Libre de Abogados y Abogadas de Zaragoza.
AMDH – Association Marocaine des Droits Humains.
Antigone – Associazione per i diritti e le garanzie nel sistema penale.
APDHA – Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de Andalucía.
Asociación Americana de Juristas
Associació de Juristes pels Drets Humans
Associació Democràcia i Justicia per Catalunya
CDDT – Centro de Documentación y Denuncia de la Tortura.
Col·lectiu Praga
DqD – Defender a quien Defiende. Plataforma compuesta por las siguientes entidades: Periódico Diagonal, Fuam, Icaria Editorial, Novact, Ecologistas en Acción, APDHA, Calala Fondo de mujeres, Irídia, 2 ITW Fotomovimiento, IDHC, Fundación Solidaritat UB, Comisión Sol del 15, Plataforma de Desobediència Cvil.
ELDH – European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights.
Erabakizaleak – Juristas por el Derecho a Decidir.
Esculca, observatorio galego para a defensa dos dereitos civís e as liberdades.
IDHC – Institut de Drets Humans de Catalunya.
Irídia – Centre per la Defensa dels Drets Humans.
JASS – Asociadas por lo Justo.
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LTDH – Ligue Tunisiene de Droits de l’Homme.
Novact – Instituto Internacional por la Acción Noviolenta.
ÖHD – Özgürlük için Hukukçular Derneği.
OSPDH – Observatorio del Sistema Penal y los Derechos Humanos.
PFO – Peace and Freedom Organisation.
Red Jurídica
Salhaketa Nafarroa
UPP – Un Ponte Per…

During a limited period, International Trial Watch opened a support campaign available to jurists all around the world. The assessment received the support of 620 jurists from Spain and around the world.