Declaración sobre la falta de fundamentación en el Derecho Internacional del referéndum de independencia en Cataluña.

Abstract

Professors Paz Andrés Sáenz de Santa María (University of Oviedo), Gregorio Garzón Clariana (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Araceli Mangas Martín (Complutense University of Madrid), Xavier Pons Rafols (University of Barcelona), Antonio Remiro Brotóns (Autonomous University of Madrid), Alejandro del Valle Gálvez (University of Cádiz) and Rafael Arenas García (Autonomous University of Barcelona), members of the Spanish Association of Professors of International Law and International Relations (AEPDIRI in Spanish acronym), elaborated on September 19, 2017 this "Statement on the lack of foundation in international law of the referendum of independence in Catalonia", which was open to the subscription of the members of the AEPDIRI. Some 350 members signed it. The text of the Statement and the signatories can be accessed at http://www.aepdiri.org/index.php/actividadesaepdiri/propuestas-de-los-members; also at https://web6341.wixsite.com/independencia-cat. The illegal referendum took place on October 1, 2017. The Constitutional Court of Spain in plenary session, unanimously, in judgment 114/2017, of October 17, 2017, declared the nullity of the Law of the Parliament of Catalonia 19/2017, of September 6, called "of the referendum of self-determination", BOE no. 256 of October 24, 2017 (accessible in Spanish at http://hj.tribunalconstitucional.es/docs/BOE/BOE-A-2017-12206.pdf). The Constitutional Court offers an unofficial translation of the legal grounds and ruling of this judgment, accessible in English at https://www.tribunalconstitucional.es/NotasDePrensaDocumentos/NP_2017_074/JUDGMENT%202017-4334STC_EN.pdf and in French at https://www.tribunalconstitucional.es/NotasDePrensaDocumentos/NP_2017_074/JUGEMENT%202017-4334STC_FR.pdf. The Court's Press Office also issued a press release No. 74/2017 in English and French, accessible at https://www.tribunalconstitucional.es/NotasDePrensaDocumentos/NP_2017_074/PRESS%20RELEASE%2074-2017.pdf and https://www.tribunalconstitucional.es/NotasDePrensaDocumentos/NP_2017_074/NOTE%20 D�INFORMATION%20N%C2%BA%2074-2017_FR.pdf. Subsequently, the Constitutional Court in plenary session, unanimously, in the judgment 124/2017, of November 8, 2017, declared the nullity of the Law of the Parliament of Catalonia 20/2017, of September 8, called «legal transience and foundation of the Republic», BOE no. 278 of November 16, 2017 (accessible in Spanish at http://hj.tribunalconstitucional.es/HJ/docs/BOE/BOE-A-2017-13228.pdf). The unofficial translation of the legal grounds and ruling of this judgment is accessible in French at https://www.tribunalconstitucional.es/NotasDePrensaDocumentos/NP_2017_085/2017-4386STC%20FR.pdf. The press release 85/2017 in English and French is accessible at https://www.tribunalconstitucional.es/NotasDePrensaDocumentos/NP_2017_085/PRESS%20RELEASE%2085-2017. pdf and https://www.tribunalconstitucional.es/NotasDePrensaDocumentos/NP_2017_085/NOTE%20D%C2%B4 INFORMATION%20N%C2%BA%2085-2017_FR.pdf