Spain and its victims. The protection of the victims of Francoism and ETA, a Human Rights issue

Abstract

During the 20th century Spain was the scene of two situations of political violence that generated different violations of rights and victims. Although international legislation recognizes the right of all victims to truth, justice and reparation, the attention and protection offered by the Spanish State to these victims has depended on the source of the victimizing violence, generating different regimes for the victims of the Civil War and Francoism and the victims of ETA. This unequal development of the laws of victims in Spain has served to reinforce the story of an exemplary Transition and not to judge the crimes committed during the war or the dictatorship, which has generated new violations of the rights of victims, who are denied access to truth, justice, and reparation.