Overview
- Legal sources cited by El Periódico report the court is inclined to find violations of political participation rights affecting Jordi Sànchez, Jordi Turull and Oriol Junqueras.
- The consolidated case challenges pretrial detention and restrictions that prevented the leaders from campaigning in 2017 and from attending the Catalan Parliament and investiture sessions in 2017–2018.
- Turull’s complaint highlights that he was jailed in March 2018 after being proposed as candidate for the Catalan presidency, having previously been free.
- The applications invoke alleged breaches of the European Convention, including the rights to liberty and security, freedom of expression, protection against misuse of restrictions and the right to free elections.
- Today’s ruling concerns only the preventive-detention and participation measures, while a separate Strasbourg challenge to the 2019 procés convictions remains pending.