07/08/2026, 7:33

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04/08/2026, 0:15

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Official Case Reference: This campaign is launched in direct support of registered Petition 1238/2026 currently before the European Parliament.

Petition 1238/2026

Can a simple verbal accusation instantly strip away your human rights and permanently tear your children away from you? In Spain, the answer is a terrifying yes.

While Spain publicly boasts about its progressive Organic Law 1/2004 on Integrated Protection Measures against Gender Violence, an official, written state directive has exposed a dark, hidden reality behind this institutional smokescreen.

In Decree 0000017/2025, high-ranking Spanish prosecution authorities have recently officially codified that human rights, constitutional guarantees, and fair-trial protections under Article 6 of the ECHR do not apply during pre-trial gender violence investigations.

This creates an unaccountable conveyor belt of family destruction. By declaring this prosecutor's decree completely "unappealable," the state insulates its own prosecution hierarchy from immediate accountability.

The result? Blanket child-parent contact bans are immediately imposed on innocent children and parents, forcing the psychological trauma of separation onto thousands of European children—all within a specialised system where 73% to 77% of all cases are ultimately dropped and dismissed due to a total lack of evidence, years later.

This is not a theoretical debate; it is an active violation of Article 6 and 8 of the ECHR and a complete betrayal of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Organic Law 1/2004 (LIVG) article 44 strips any family law matter away from Family Courts and places the matter before Spain's Court's of Violence against Women which as the RAW EVIDENCE shows operate as prosecutorial courts focused on denying the 'Presumption of innocence', the 'Principle of proportionality' and the 'Principle of Impartiality', applying a 'one size fits all' complete separation of children from their fathers and no re-connection after a delayed acquittal.

This law is encouraging an explosive rise in false accusations of Gender violence to 'exploit the argument of abuse' and misappropriation of public funds on spurious criminal proceedings that are resulting in the eventual exoneration of 73% to 77% of men who are accused. This is the scholarly legal analysis written by criminal law expert and professor Dr. José María de Pablo Muñoz, published via the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) Legal Blog

The state of Spain tries to hide this behind statistical deception by claiming the official conviction rate based on only cases that are escalated by the Courts of Violence Against Women to a formal trial court.

Throughout these criminal proceedings and Family Court proceedings, all children in Spain are denied the right to their own legal counsel to protect and safeguard their own fundamental rights,rights. Under the restrictions of Article 154 of the Spanish Civil Code, minors lack independent legal standing, placing children in Spain at a clear disadvantage compared to children in other partsEuropean of Europe,systems where children are appointed their own independent legal counsel. The baseline structural absence of child-directed counsel is documented in the European e-Justice Portal Review on Spanish Court Proceedings.

Furthermore, the landmark judgment of Haddad vs. Spain 2019 (ECtHR) legally proved that Spain's judicial handling of these disputes systematically violates fundamental human rights, yet it had no effect on the wayunderlying Spainprocedural violateslaws thethat humancontinue rightsto ofdeny children and their parents.independent voice.

We demand an immediate investigation by the European Parliament.

03/08/2026, 6:30

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31/07/2026, 10:21

This official file highlights the "smoking gun" state document (Decreto 0000017/2025) signed by high-ranking prosecutors. It exposes how Spain’s Gender violence Industry officially operates completely outside European human rights standards during active investigations.

The European Court of Human Rights has consistently ruled under Article 10 of the Convention that the disclosure and public exposure of human rights violations by public authorities is fully protected as a matter of vital public interest. Consequently, any state retaliation or threat aimed at suppressing such evidence directly breaches the fundamental right to freedom of expression and the core principles of accountability in a democratic society, as firmly established in Guja v. Moldova [GC], no. 14277/04, ECHR 2008.

REDACTED_Final_RESPAT_2026_0327_DOCUMENTO_PROBATORIO_E_INFRAESTRUCTURA_Y_DECRETO_FISCALIA.pdf

Star performers:
Lieutenant Prosecutor Don José Rogelio Muñoz Oya.
and
Superior Prosecutor Doña Ana Tárrago Ruiz.

Official Direct Declarations from the Prosecutor's Written Decree:

• Formal Rejection of the ECHR: The Lieutenant Prosecutor of Andalucía, Don José Rogelio Muñoz Oya, officially codified that human rights protections do not apply during pre-trial investigative acts, stating textually: "no se puede hablar de la violación del artículo 24.2 de la CE ni del artículo 6 del CEDH" (it is not possible to claim a violation of Article 24.2 of the Spanish Constitution or Article 6 of the ECHR during pre-trial acts).

• Systemic Stripping of Impartiality Rights: Formally approved by the Superior Prosecutor of Andalucía, Doña Ana Tárrago Ruiz, the decree rules that the right to an impartial judge "afecta más a la fase enjuiciamiento que a la fase de instrucción e investigación" (impacts the sentencing phase significantly more than the investigative phase). This denies citizens basic fairness while courts enforce immediate family separation measures.

• A Deliberate Legal Trap with Zero Right to Appeal: The final clause of the decree intentionally shuts down any legal recourse within the domestic system to challenge this interpretation, stating unequivocally: "Contra este Decreto no procede la interposición de recurso alguno" (Against this Decree no appeal of any kind may be interposed).

The Financial Link: An Industry Set Up to Deceive the EU and Embezzle Funds
By stripping fair-trial protections, removing the right to an impartial judge during the pre-trial phase and dispensing with other fundamental rights, Spain can turn these specialised gender violence courts into an Industrial conveyor belt. There is now over 100 across Spain and they are building more.

Official data confirms that this machinery currently processes a staggering 204,342 filings per year targeting only men. Out of these massive numbers, the system filters down to issue just 60,942 final judgments, with 50,190 convictions and 10,752 acquittals in trial courts.

This leaves a massive missing figure of 143,400 innocent men each year who are subjected to prolonged and total procedural destruction with absolutely no evidence. Finally being told they are not going to trial.

This is a deliberate, highly lucrative industry engineered to deceive the European Union by using tens of thousands of innocent men as pawns to artificially inflate domestic statistics.

Falsifying these metrics under completely false pretences allows Spain to embezzle up to €200 million each year in EU-backed State Pact funding, transforming a purported system for combating gender violence into a corrupt institutional racket entirely shielded from accountability.

The Real Cost: Failing to Protect True Victims
The ultimate proof of this structural corruption lies in the official outcomes.

Despite building a multi-million euro Pack for Combating Gender Violence, incident rates continue to increase annually, while female fatalities are not decreasing, stagnating at roughly 49 deaths per year.

Because Spain's primary institutional emphasis is not on genuine prevention but rather on the automated inflation of case numbers to preserve and embezzle European Union funds, actual victims are left unprotected while innocent children and parents' lives are systematically destroyed for profit.

31/07/2026, 8:17

This evidence before the European Parliament in Petition 1238/2026 and before the Spanish Ministry of Justice in State Liability Claim RESPAT 2026 0327 blows the whistle on how Spain's Courts of Violence Against Women network operates outside European fundamental rights standards.

The European Court of Human Rights has consistently ruled under Article 10 of the Convention that the disclosure and public exposure of human rights violations by public authorities is fully protected as a matter of vital public interest. Consequently, any state retaliation or threat aimed at suppressing such evidence directly breaches the fundamental right to freedom of expression and the core principles of accountability in a democratic society, as firmly established in Guja v. Moldova [GC], no. 14277/04, ECHR 2008.

REDACTED Final RESPAT_2026_0327_Alegaciones_Amplias_DocC_y_DocD_Edwards SPANISH.pdf

1. Certified Admissions by the Public Defender (Documento D)

• Written Proof of Rights Blindness: On January 15, 2024, a 30-year veteran public defence lawyer and university lecturer confessed in writing: "Nobody NEVER has put me in this position... nor were these [human rights/proportionality frameworks] ever invoked... Spanish Law is obeyed".

• Rejection of European Alignment: On January 12, 2024, the state-assigned lawyer openly defended the system's friction against international standards, texting: "The Courts and Tribunals in Spain do not work like the Anglo-Saxon ones".

• Systemic Obstruction of Evidence: On October 11, 2023, the lawyer documented structural bias, confirming that when she attempted to present critical defence evidence, "the judge does not permit questions about this... I always try, and SHE DENIES [them]" (Judge Aurora Angulo Gonzlaez de Lara).

• Blanket Contact Prohibitions: On January 12, 2024, text logs confirm that the system enforces automated family separations without looking at individual facts: "The Prosecutor DID NOT authorise SUPERVISED VISITS WITH YOUR CHILDREN".

2. Formal Court Submissions & Appeals (Anexos A2.1 & A2.2)

• Proof of De Facto Child Separation: In an official court plea filed on January 17, 2024, the defence formally recorded that children were completely cut off from their father "WITHOUT A RESTRAINING ORDER HAVING BEEN ISSUED IN THIS REGARD CONCERNING THE TWO CHILDREN".

• Bypassing Statutory Safeguards: The same January 17 filing establishes that the court engineered a total legal vacuum by explicitly noting that "THE HEARING UNDER ARTICLE 544 Ter OF THE LECrim HAS NEVER BEEN HELD," bypassing mandatory legal avenues to establish visitation.

• The "Elementary Lesson" on Constitutional Rights: In a formal appeal on January 31, 2024, the Gender Violence Court's failure to respect basic jurisprudence forced the veteran defence lawyer to copy-paste an elementary, first-year law textbook breakdown of the triple-test of the 'principle of proportionality' directly to the senior Gender Violence magistrate Aurora Angulo Gonzalez de Lara.

• Citing Irreparable Injury to Infants: The January 31 appellate filing formally warned the judge on the record that the court's mechanical inertia was actively inflicting "irreversible and irreparable psychological damage" on two young children structurally forced to forget their father.

30/07/2026, 22:10

The Spanish state is a master at publishing beautiful paperwork for international eyes, while quietly operating a completely brutal system away from European scrutiny.

1. The Paper Trick: Circular 2/2022
When anyone accuses Spain of breaking European justice, the government pulls out a national rulebook called Circular 2/2022. They show this document to the European Union as "proof" that they care about Human Rights. On paper, this circular tells prosecutors that they must protect the constitutional rights and fair-trial guarantees of citizens during pre-trial investigations. But this document is nothing more than a giant smokescreen. It exists solely to satisfy the European Commission, while a completely different reality takes place behind closed doors.

2. The Truth Exposed: Decree 0000017/2025
The real, toxic reality of Spain’s justice system was officially caught in writing. In an unappealable legal document called Decree 0000017/2025, high-ranking prosecutors in Andalusia signed their names to a terrifying doctrine:

"The principle of impartiality impacts the sentencing phase significantly more than the investigative/instruction phase,
meaning it is not possible to claim a violation of Article 24.2 of the Spanish Constitution or Article 6 of the ECHR during
pre-trial acts."

In plain English, Spain’s own prosecution hierarchy officially declared that human rights and fair-trial protections do not apply before a case goes to final trial. To make sure no one can fight back, they intentionally made these prosecutor decrees completely unappealable. It is a perfect structural trap: they strip away your human rights, and then write "No appeal allowed" (Contra este Decreto no cabe recurso alguno) at the bottom of the page.

3. Faking the Numbers on Conviction & Acquittal Rates
This entire deceptive system relies on a massive statistical lie. Spain publicly boasts a massive 81% to 82% conviction rate for gender violence to look like a modern, efficient country tackling a big problem worthy of EU funding. But this is a complete mathematical illusion. Spain only counts cases that actually make it all the way to a final courtroom trial. When you look at the real math, over 204,000 complaints enter the system every year, and nearly 73% to 77% of all cases are dropped or dismissed because there is absolutely no evidence.

However, the damage is already done. Long before these groundless cases are dismissed, the courts use a simple verbal accusation to issue immediate punishments, resulting in flagrant Article 8 ECHR violations as seen in the landmark case of Haddad v. Spain (2019). They completely sever the bond between children and parents and destroy the lives even of those without children. Spain uses its faked adult conviction statistics to actively mask the thousands of minor children who are being psychologically traumatised by forced separation during a pre-trial phase where human rights are completely suspended.

4. Spain’s Proven History of Deception
This behaviour is not a one-time mistake. It is an established pattern. According to the European Commission's Annual Reports on Monitoring the Application of EU Law, Spain consistently ranks at the very top of the European Union for open infringement procedures and incorrect transpositions.

Furthermore, the European Commission’s official EU Justice Scoreboard consistently tracks Spain as having one of the worst public and business perceptions of judicial independence in the entire European Union, caused directly by political interference and administrative masking.

The European Commission has repeatedly caught Spain using these exact smokescreen tactics to hide its violations across different subjects:

• Faking Financial Data: Spain gave the EU official spreadsheets showing its economy was fine. A formal investigation proved they were lying about regional spending. The European Court of Justice fined Spain €18.93 million for manipulating statistics to fake compliance.
• Illegal Mass Surveillance: Spain passed Royal Decree 933/2021 under the false pretence of standard hotel and travel safety. The EU launched an active investigation and exposed that Spain was using this