CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SPAIN

Alleged violation of the rights to effective judicial protection, to an impartial and ordinary judge predetermined by law, to assembly and to legality in criminal matters: judgment handed down in a special case in which due process was observed. The conviction issued cannot be considered disproportionate and does not discourage the exercise of other fundamental rights. Translation of legal grounds.

Appeal for constitutional protection (amparo) against judgment no. 459/2019 of 14 October, delivered by the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court in Special Proceedings No. 20907/2017, by which the appellant was convicted for an offence of disobedience; and against the ruling of 29 January 2020, which dismissed the motion for annulment lodged against judgment no. 459/2019.

Judgment against articles 20, 35(1), 36 (paragraphs 1, 2, 8, 22 and 23), 37(7) and the first final provision of Organic Law 4/2015 of 30 March, on the Protection of Citizen Safety.

Law on the Protection of Citizen Safety.

Alleged violation of the right to freedom of information: news report on a violent event illustrated with a photograph taken from a personal Facebook profile open and accessible to the public.

Change of registration of sex and name for minors who have sufficient maturity and who are in a steady state of transsexuality.

Law on the Law on legal transition and foundation of the Republic , by the Parliament of Catalonia.

Law on the referendum of self-determination by the Parliament of Catalonia.

The enforcement of the Constitutional Court´s decisions as a guarantee of the rule of law.

The enforcement of the Constitutional Court´s decisions as a guarantee of the rule of law.

Resolution of the Parliament of Catalonia concerning the beginning of the process of creating an independent Catalan State in the form of a republic: incompatibility with the Constitution.

The Ombudsman (Síndic de Greuges) of Catalonia cannot be considered as a legitimate authority to prevent torture at international level.

Resolution of the Parliament of Catalonia approving the "Declaration of sovereignty and the right to decide of the people of Catalonia". Incompatibility with the Constitution.

Conviction by a European Union Member State: the transfer of a detainee under a European arrest warrant.

Right to honor and freedom of speech: publication of an article on "urban corruption". Inexistence of offensive expressions.

Conviction for a crime of terrorist assault: the use as evidence of a DNA sample taken without the consent of the person concerned.

Constitutionality of same-sex marriage.

Freedom of information: report recorded with a hidden camera.

Budgetary stability: deficit and indebtedness. Imposition of restrictions on Autonomous Communities and Local Entities.

Bildu" electoral coalition: absence of sufficient evidence to prove the implementation of the coalition's candidatures by ETA and the illegalized political party "Batasuna".

Civil liability in health care matters: medical intervention without prior information to the patient. The requirement to get informed consent.

Statute of Autonomy for Andalusia: competences in water matters (Guadalquivir river basin).

The right to education: mandatory education for minors. Inexistence of the right to not attend school.

Statute of Autonomy for Catalonia: purpose and constitutional content. Distribution of powers with the State.

Special constitutional relevance: determination of the cases in favour of its admission.

Elections: series of political parties declared illegal.

Powers in matters of referendum: call for popular consultation.

Elections: gender equality in the lists of candidates.

Freedom of speech: criminal liability for the dissemination of ideas or doctrines that deny or justify the crimes of genocide.

Rights, freedoms and social inclusion of foreigners in Spain.

Teachers of Catholic religion in public schools: ecclesiastical declaration of suitability. Secularism of the State and duty of cooperation with religious confessions.

Right of access to justice: universal jurisdiction of Spanish courts in criminal matters.

Legislative implementation of an expropriatory measure of a singular nature: declaration of public utility and need for occupation of property.

Jehovah's Witnesses: Death of a minor due to refusal to receive a blood transfusion. Right to religious freedom.

Publication of photographs in a magazine: the right to honour, privacy and to self-image.

Discrimination on the basis of the status of women: the right to be employed as a miner.

National Socialist Genocide: freedom of information and right to honor. The right to communicate a certain understanding of history without generating feelings of hostility.

Publication of an article in the sports press criticizing the King. Freedom of speech and ideology: the crime offense of insulting of defaming the Head of State.

Partial decriminalisation of abortion: assomptions.

Right to strike.

Freedom of education, ideology and religion: defining the applicable to public and private schools.

European Law preliminary ruling, question of unconstitutionality.

Regional powers, energy, double taxation.

Special constitutional relevance: the requirement of justification.

Special constitutional relevance: the requirement of justification.

Contradiction between the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and the Spanish Constitution: supremacy of the Constitution and primacy of EU law.

Contradiction between the Treaty Establishing the EEC and the Spanish Constitution: the right of non-Spanish EU citizens to vote in municipal elections.