Overview

• Starting October 3, specialized courts will also handle sexual offenses outside intimate-partner cases, trafficking for sexual exploitation, forced marriage and female genital mutilation under Law 1/2025 and the 'only yes is yes' framework.
• The CGPJ approved funded support measures to bolster 23 courts in seven regions, with the stopgap scheduled to run until December 31 when most of the roughly 50 new national posts are filled.
• In Andalusia, 21 magistrates sent a formal complaint to Justice Minister Félix Bolaños warning that current staffing, forensic services and victim support are inadequate and that overload is imminent; nationally, 135 judges voiced similar concerns.
• The Ministry created nine new judgeships for Violence against Women in Andalusia and converted one existing court, a level regional officials deem insufficient after requesting 22 posts and projecting €56 million in implementation costs.
• TSJA’s 2024 report logged 58,985 incoming matters and 16,502 pending across Andalusia’s specialized and related courts, and detailed province-by-province needs conditional on creating new titular posts.