Overview

• From Oct. 3, the specialized courts will assume cases involving all sexual offenses against women as well as trafficking for sexual exploitation, forced marriage, and female genital mutilation under the 'only yes is yes' law.
• Roughly 100 to 123 magistrates who lead these courts warn of a “predictable collapse,” arguing promised new positions have not arrived and that stopgap measures are limited to service commissions without relief from existing duties.
• The ministry says 50 judicial posts—a 42% increase—and 42 prosecutor posts were created on June 3, with progressive appointments and temporary reinforcements scheduled through year‑end.
• Officials say 13 requests for temporary reinforcement have been received and authorized, while the CGPJ forecasts an average 12.9% caseload increase from the jurisdictional expansion.
• Judges cite ongoing shortcomings including technical problems with anti‑abuse bracelets, unadapted facilities, and shortages of forensic personnel and victim‑support staff, even as new posts such as in Ayamonte and Marbella begin in October.