Spain/UK: Further information on impunity / Legal concern: Augusto Pinochet

Index Number: EUR 41/002/2000
Date Published: 11 February 2000
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, UK

Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón Real has asked the Spanish government to seek a judicial review of UK Home Secretary Jack Straw's preliminary decision not to extradite former General Augusto Pinochet to Spain. The government has so far refused to pass on his request to the British authorities.