|
Baltasar Garzón Real ((:baltaˈsar ɣarˈθon); born 26 October 1955) is a Spanish jurist. Garzón formerly served on Spain's central criminal court, the ''Audiencia Nacional'', and was the examining magistrate of the ''Juzgado Central de Instrucción No. 5'', which investigates the most important criminal cases in Spain, including terrorism, organised crime, and money laundering. Garzón is currently head of Julian Assange's legal team. ==Career== Garzón came to international attention on 10 October 1998 when he issued an international warrant for the arrest of former Chilean President, General Augusto Pinochet, for the alleged deaths and torture of Spanish citizens. Although the British government refused to extradite Pinochet, it was the first time that a former head of government had been arrested on the principle of universal jurisdiction.〔Robertson, Geoffrey, ''Crimes Against Humanity''. Penguin Books, 2006. Ppg. 336-7.〕 Garzón has been prevented from working as a judge in Spain since May 2010. His initial suspension was the result of legal action initiated by Manos Limpias, a rightist union〔 headed by Miguel Bernard Remón, a former leader of Fuerza Nueva, a pro-Francoist political party. Although he was suspended from judicial activity in Spain pending trial in respect of a charge relating to his investigation of Francoist crimes, he was given permission to work as a legal adviser at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for 7 months from May 2010. In 2012 the Supreme Court of Spain considered three charges against Garzón. They found against him in relation to one of the charges, that relating to his investigation of the corrupt, money-laundering "Gurtel" network. On 9 February 2012 the Supreme Court convicted him of illegally wiretapping conversations between suspects (on remand in connection with inquiries into "Gurtel") and their lawyers who were believed to be moving their money beyond the reach of the court. The trial judge described this act as appropriate to a dictatorship and sentenced him to eleven years disqualification from judicial activity. The Court did not find against him in the other two cases: * On 12 February, a charge against Garzón relating to his relationship with a bank was abandoned on a technicality. * On 27 February 2012 he was cleared of abusing his powers in investigating the crimes of the Francoist era (the charge which had resulted in his first suspension in 2010). Garzón has stated that he will appeal to the Constitutional Court of Spain against his expulsion from the judiciary. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baltasar Garzón」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|