Overview
- The judgment rejects complaints by Jordi Sànchez, Jordi Turull and Oriol Junqueras over limits on campaigning, parliamentary activity and investiture during preventive detention.
- The court found no breach of Articles 3 of Protocol No. 1, 5, 10 or 18 of the European Convention, deeming Spanish rulings relevant, non‑arbitrary and justified.
- Judges said the restrictions aimed to prevent reoffending and destruction of evidence, assessing them as proportionate to the gravity and context of the 2017 events.
- The panel ruled that allowing Sànchez to attend an investiture was not reasonable given the risk of renewed serious incidents following the September 2017 unrest.
- The seven‑judge chamber, presided by Katerina Simácková and including Spain’s María Elósegui, consolidated the three cases, with a separate appeal on the 2019 convictions still pending.