Life | 03/02/2014 – 19:45h
Madrid, 3 feb (EFE).- Amnesty International (AI) today assessed the criticism expressed by the UN rapporteur, Paul of Greiff, to the reform promoted by the Government to modify the application of the principle of universal justice in the Spanish courts.
In statements to Efe, the spokesperson of the AI in Spain, Ignacio Jovtis, ha agradecido al representante de Naciones Unidas que se haya atrevido a criticar "abiertamente" the PP bill on universal justice.
"Se trata del primer mecanismo de Naciones Unidas que se expresa sobre la actual reforma de la Ley Orgánica del Poder Judicial", Jovtis explained, que coincide "plenamente" with the opinion of the rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, UN reparation and guarantees of non-repetition.
After a ten-day official visit to Spain, This afternoon, De Greiff released his preliminary conclusions criticizing the Executive for its intention to reform universal justice.
Concretely, ha manifestado su "preocupación" ante la proposición de ley del PP que "limitaría significativamente" the application of this principle in the Spanish courts.
El informe emitido por el relator de la ONU es aún preliminar "si bien va por el buen camino", stated the representative of Amnesty International.
So, Jovtis has highlighted that the text reiterates the recommendations of the Committee against Torture and the Committee against Forced Disappearances of the UN, especialmente en materia de Justicia que es el "pilar más débil", He added.
Reparate all victims of the civil war and dictatorship, as well as annulling the sentences handed down by the courts of the Franco era are other recommendations of the United Nations rapporteur shared by Amnesty International, que coincide con la opinión del experto de la ONU sobre "la inmensa distancia" that separates the victims and the Spanish authorities.
In this sense, Jovtis ha dicho que es "relevante" that a United Nations expert says that this gap is the largest he has observed in his professional career.
