Baltasar Garzón

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Argentina, Baltasar Garzón, Chile, CIA, corruption, Crimes Against Humanity, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Justice Department, Latin America, NATO, South America, Spain, State Department, Torture, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S Foreign Relations, United States April 13, 2010

Garzon’s Accusers are Accused: Abuse of Judicial Power in Garzón Case is Stain on Spanish Judiciary

Judge Luciano Varela and the President of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, Juan Saavedra, have themselves been accused in a private criminal complaint…

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Argentina, Chile, History, human rights, International Law, Latin America, South America, Spain April 11, 2010

In Spain, Judge Baltazar Garzón, Champion of Human Rights, is Prosecuted

The great champion of international human rights and of the exercise of universal jurisdiction in human rights cases, Judge Baltazar Garzón, has been criminally charged by a judge’s order, in a private criminal action (querella) brought by right-wing groups, for alleged abuse of power and violation of an amnesty by investigating matters related the the civil war in Spain.

In an editorial on March 8, 2010, the New York Times condemned this action, saying,

Mr. Garzón should be allowed to resume that work at the earliest possible date. Spain needs an honest accounting of its troubled past, not prosecution of those who have the courage to demand it.