UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION IN SPAIN
ECCHR-EXPERT DISCUSSION WITH SPANISCH LAWYER GONZALO BOYÉ
On 25 November 2009, Spanish criminal lawyer Gonzalo
Boyé spoke at the ECCHR offices about the human rights cases currently
pending in Spanish courts. Wolfgang Kaleck reviewed the
German and French Rumsfeld Cases (2004-2007). Gonzalo Boyé then discussed the two
cases that he supervises as a lawyer; the case concerning the targeted killings
of Salah Sheheda/Gaza, and the torture case against US-American jurists in
connection with Guantánamo Bay. The subsequent discussion is centered on the new Spanish
amendment bill regarding cases of universal jurisdiction and, more importantly, whether the
current proceedings would be affected by this latest reform.