La investigación de los crímenes cometidos en la guerra civil y el franquismo como delito de prevaricación. Análisis crítico del auto del Tribunal Supremo de 3 de febrero de 2010 desde la perspectiva del derecho internacional

• Main Authors: Javier Chinchón Álvarez, Lydia Vicente Márquez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asociación Española de Profesores de Derecho Internacional y Relaciones Internacionales (AEPDIRI) 2010-01-01
• Series: Revista Electrónica de Estudios Internacionales
• Subjects: Duty to investigate; right to an effective remedy; amnesties; crimes against humanity; enforced disappearances; "Historical Memory"-Transitional Justice; Deber de investigar; derecho a un recuso efectivo; amnistías; crímenes contra la humanidad; desaparición forzada de personas; "Memoria Histórica"-Justicia Transicional.
• Online Access: http://www.reei.org/index.php/revista/num19/articulos/investigacion-crimenes-cometidos-guerra-civil-franquismo-como-delito-prevaricacion-analisis-critico-auto-tribunal-supremo-3-febrero-2010-desde-perspectiva-derecho-internacional
• ISSN: 1697-5197

In this article we will raise a number of legal considerations, in accordance with the applicable international law, in order to refute the arguments put forward in the decision of the Supreme Court of 3 February 2010 that support the charge for breach of legal duty against Judge Baltasar Garzón. In particular, we will explain how a correct interpretation of Law 52/2007, the right to an effective remedy, the right to access to justice, the Amnesty Law of 1977, as well as a correct understanding of the concept of crimes against humanity, including enforced disappearances, as per international law, cannot sustain such charges.