Scathing GRECO Report

GRECO (Group of States against Corruption)

Corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors.

4th Evaluation Round. Compliance Report. Spain

Adopted by GRECO at its 72nd Plenary Meeting (Strasbourg, 27 June-1 July 2016)

Publication: 10 October 2016

Ref.:  GrecoRC4(2016)1

http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/greco/evaluations/round4/RC4/GrecoRC4(2016)1_Spain_EN.pdf

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Documents on linguistic rights

Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights (1996) / http://www.unesco.org/cpp/uk/declarations/linguistic.pdf

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European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (Council of Europe)

Is it too late to bring to the Committee of Experts' notice a number of recent issues more or less directly related to the (non)compliance with the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages by the authorities in Spain, as regards the Catalan language?

• 15/1 Aragon's minister for Culture announces government plans to eliminate references to "Catalan" in the new Languages Law, and to reduce language rights in the region: http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/aragon/la-dga-comunica-consejo-que-modificara-ley-de-lenguas_727979.html

• 16/1 Patient denied medical attention by doctor who wanted to force him to speak Spanish in Crevillent 8Valencia): http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/2-societat/5-societat/506138-parlar-valencia-a-crevillent.html

• 28/1 Young Catalan lawyer hit in the face and neck several times by a Spanish policeman at Barcelona airport, for speaking in Catalan: http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/2-societat/5-societat/500584-un-guardia-civil-agredeix-un-advocat-perque-parlava-catala.html

• 2/3 A retired Majorcan, Jaume Bonet, starts a hunger strike in protest against the Islands' Government's plans to drop Catalan language proficiency as a job requirement for prospective civil servants.  http://dbalears.cat/actualitat/balears/en-vaga-de-fam-per-la-llengua.html

• 5/3 Spanish Supreme Court regards a document written in Catalan to be defective, and refuses to study an appeal: http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/2-societat/5-societat/516650-el-suprem-diu-no-al-catala.html

• 6/3 Organisations in Majorca (Balearic Islands) announce demonstrations against the Islands' Government's plans to drop Catalan language proficiency as a job requirement for prospective civil servants. http://dbalears.cat/actualitat/balears/l-ocb-convoca-la-primera-gran-manifestacio-pel-catala.html