The United Nations Human Rights Committee found that Spain violated Carles Puigdemont’s rights by removing him from his regional parliamentary seat over his role in Catalonia’s 2017 independence referendum.
May 31, 2023 at 05:29 PM
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Correspondent, Spain & Portugal
King & Spalding has won a case against Spain before the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which ruled that Spain had violated the rights of the exiled former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, by removing him from his regional parliamentary seat for his role in Catalonia’s 2017 independence referendum.
King & Spalding partner Ben Emmerson, the firm’s global head of public international law based in London, acted for Puigdemont. The firm represented Puigdemont pro bono.
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Carles Puigdemont, former president of Catalonia, who now lives in exile in Belgium. Credit: Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg
