To the attention of the staff of Association Mauritanienne pour la promotion du droit,
The 2020 annual report of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention highlights the non-implementation of the recommendations made to the Kingdom of Spain in 2019, including:
To immediate release of the Catalan political prisoners jailed in 2017, and sentenced to more than 100 years of prison in 2019 To carry out an independent investigation on the case, and to compensate the Catalan civil and political leaders for the violation of their fundamental rights, including right to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association The Working Group issued 85 opinions on the arrest of 171 people in 42 countries, being Spain the only European Union member state included in the report. Additionally, the report states that Spain called for a review of the UN request, alongside countries known for their notorious human rights violations such as Saudi Arabia.
With the publication of this report, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention once again underscores Spain’s lack of respect for international bodies with regard to the situation in Catalonia, and its double standards in claiming respect for the rule of law while ignoring provisions of international law, judicial independence and criminalization of national minorities and political dissidence, as denounced by international NGOs such as Amnesty international or the World Organization Against Torture.
Read the whole WGAD report here (References to Spain in pages 7, 8, 21) Watch the oral statement on the case by the President of the international human rights NGO Society for Threatened Peoples here. We do hope this information is of your interest. Should you need any further details on this issue please do not hesitate to contact us.
Best regards,
-- International Office Catalan National Assembly Carrer de la Marina, 315 - 08025 Barcelona Tel. (+34) 93 347 1714 ANC International webpage
To the attention of the staff of Association Mauritanienne pour la promotion du droit,
RépondreSupprimerThe 2020 annual report of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention highlights the non-implementation of the recommendations made to the Kingdom of Spain in 2019, including:
To immediate release of the Catalan political prisoners jailed in 2017, and sentenced to more than 100 years of prison in 2019
To carry out an independent investigation on the case, and to compensate the Catalan civil and political leaders for the violation of their fundamental rights, including right to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association
The Working Group issued 85 opinions on the arrest of 171 people in 42 countries, being Spain the only European Union member state included in the report. Additionally, the report states that Spain called for a review of the UN request, alongside countries known for their notorious human rights violations such as Saudi Arabia.
With the publication of this report, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention once again underscores Spain’s lack of respect for international bodies with regard to the situation in Catalonia, and its double standards in claiming respect for the rule of law while ignoring provisions of international law, judicial independence and criminalization of national minorities and political dissidence, as denounced by international NGOs such as Amnesty international or the World Organization Against Torture.
Read the whole WGAD report here (References to Spain in pages 7, 8, 21)
Watch the oral statement on the case by the President of the international human rights NGO Society for Threatened Peoples here.
We do hope this information is of your interest. Should you need any further details on this issue please do not hesitate to contact us.
Best regards,
--
International Office
Catalan National Assembly
Carrer de la Marina, 315 - 08025 Barcelona
Tel. (+34) 93 347 1714
ANC International webpage