Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol

Jordi Sànchez (April 2017)

Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol (born October 1, 1964 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish activist and politician.

Life

Jordi Sànchez studied Political Science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona . He is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Barcelona and has taught at several educational institutes. He worked in various policy advisory projects.

Sànchez was politically active in various parties, most recently in the electoral alliance Junts per Catalunya . In May 2015, Sànchez was appointed President of the Assemblea Nacional Catalana , an activist umbrella organization whose aim is the independence of Catalonia from Spain. He was the organizer of the 2017 independence referendum , which was declared illegal by the Spanish government and the Spanish Constitutional Court, but which was held on October 1st, 2017. This led to blockades and violent clashes between the police deployed by the government and demonstrators.

Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart were arrested on charges of rioting ( Rebelión ) . In the early regional elections ordered by the Spanish government in December 2017, Sànchez was elected as an independent in second place on the list of Junts per Catalunya in the regional parliament, which was constituted in January 2018. As Junts per Catalunya was unable to legally enforce the re-election of the deposed politician Carles Puigdemont, who had fled abroad, as President of the Generalitat de Catalunya , the Catalan autonomous government, Sànchez was declared a candidate for president in March 2018 despite his imprisonment. As a result, there was no election because, due to his imprisonment, he was not able to personally attend the parliamentary sessions, as would have been necessary; he then renounced his candidacy. On October 14, 2019, the Madrid Supreme Court sentenced him to nine years in prison.

Criticism of the detention

Amnesty International and PEN International protested Sànchez's detention. The UN working group against arbitrary detention criticized Sànchez's imprisonment in a report on June 13, 2019 and called for his release. She found violations of the "exercise of human rights" and the "principle of a fair trial" and categorized the detention as "unlawful and discriminatory".

Amnesty International also criticized the conviction and again asked for his release. Even if there are no indications of an unfair trial, the "too broad and therefore dangerous" interpretation of the crime of revolt violates Sànchez's right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. The World Organization Against Torture demanded Sànchez 'release on the same grounds . At the beginning of May 2020, the Spanish Constitutional Court accepted Sànchez 'appeal (Recurso de Amparo) against the judgment.

Fonts (selection)

Participació política . Vic: Eumo, 1997
La Democràcia electrònica . Barcelona: UOC, 2005

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Puigdemont renounces the office of regional president , in: Die Zeit , March 1, 2018
↑ Julia Macher: Catalonia: A judgment that will continue to divide Spain . In: The time . October 14, 2019, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed October 16, 2019]).
^ Document. Retrieved October 26, 2019 .
^ PEN International: Statement on the imprisoned Catalan writers and civil society leaders. January 21, 2019, accessed October 26, 2019 .
↑ Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Detención Arbitraria: Opinions aprobadas por the Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Detención Arbitraria en su 84º período de sesiones. Consejo de Derechos Humanos (UNO), June 13, 2019, accessed on May 16, 2020 (Spanish).
^ Conviction of Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart threatens freedom of expression and freedom of assembly. Retrieved May 16, 2020 .
↑ World Organization Against Torture OMCT: The case of Jordi Cuixart through the lens of international human rights standards on the right to peaceful assembly. June 2, 2020, accessed on June 2, 2020 .
↑ Amnistía Internacional España: ¿Por qué Sànchez y Cuixart deben ser puestos en libertad según el derecho internacional? Retrieved June 2, 2020 (European Spanish).

personal data
SURNAME	Sànchez i Picanyol, Jordi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sànchez, Jordi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish political scientist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 1, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	Barcelona

[1] Puigdemont renounces the office of regional president , in: Die Zeit , March 1, 2018

[2] Julia Macher: Catalonia: A judgment that will continue to divide Spain . In: The time . October 14, 2019, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed October 16, 2019]).

[3] Document. Retrieved October 26, 2019 .

[4] PEN International: Statement on the imprisoned Catalan writers and civil society leaders. January 21, 2019, accessed October 26, 2019 .

[5] Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Detención Arbitraria: Opinions aprobadas por the Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Detención Arbitraria en su 84º período de sesiones. Consejo de Derechos Humanos (UNO), June 13, 2019, accessed on May 16, 2020 (Spanish).

[6] Conviction of Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart threatens freedom of expression and freedom of assembly. Retrieved May 16, 2020 .

[7] World Organization Against Torture OMCT: The case of Jordi Cuixart through the lens of international human rights standards on the right to peaceful assembly. June 2, 2020, accessed on June 2, 2020 .

[8] Amnistía Internacional España: ¿Por qué Sànchez y Cuixart deben ser puestos en libertad según el derecho internacional? Retrieved June 2, 2020 (European Spanish).