2024 Spanish Amnesty Law
| 2024 Amnesty Law | |
|---|---|
| Cortes Generales | |
| |
| Citation | BOE-A-2024-11776 |
| Enacted by | Congress of Deputies |
| Enacted by | Senate |
| Assented to by | Felipe VI |
| Royal assent | 10 June 2024 |
| Effective | 11 June 2024 |
| Legislative history | |
| First chamber: Congress of Deputies | |
| Introduced by | PSOE |
| Introduced | 13 November 2023 |
| Passed | 14 March 2024 |
| Voting summary |
|
| Second chamber: Senate | |
| Rejected | 14 May 2024 |
| Voting summary |
|
| Final stages | |
| Senate rejection considered by the Congress of Deputies | 30 May 2024 |
| Voting summary |
|
| Related cases | |
| Constitutional Court | |
| Status: In force | |
The 2024 Spanish Amnesty Law (officially, the Organic Law 1/2024, of 10 June, of amnesty for the institutional, political, and social normalization in Catalonia) is an organic law of Spain that was approved on 30 May 2024 and entered into force on 11 June, the same day of its publication in the Official State Gazette.[1][2][3][4] It was registered as a bill in the Congress of Deputies on 13 November 2023 by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
The amnesty law was key in securing the support of Together for Catalonia (Junts)'s 7 MPs to Pedro Sánchez's investiture to a third term as prime minister of Spain following the 2023 Spanish general election and the ensuing government formation negotiations.[5][6][7] The law proposal sparked numerous protests across the streets.[8][9][10]
On 26 June 2025, the Constitutional Court of Spain dismissed the appeal filed by the opposition People's Party (PP) and declared the law fully constitutional by six votes to four.[11]
References
- ^ Ley Orgánica 1/2024, de 10 de junio, de amnistía para la normalización institucional, política y social en Cataluña (Organic Law 1/2024). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Vol. 141. 10 June 2024. ISSN 0212-033X. BOE-A-1985-11672. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ Hedgecoe, Guy (14 March 2024). "Spain MPs back amnesty law for Catalan separatists". BBC News.
- ^ "Spain Amnesty Bill Back To Lower House After Senate Veto". Barron's. Agence France Presse. 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Spain passes bill granting amnesty to Catalan secessionists". Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera. 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Spain's acting PM Sanchez backs Catalan amnesty deal in bid to form government". Reuters. 28 October 2023. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Spain's prime minister offers an amnesty to Catalan separatists". The Economist. 9 November 2023. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Jones, Sam (16 November 2023). "Sánchez prepares for fraught second term as PM after Catalan amnesty". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ Jones, Sam (12 November 2023). "Fresh protests held across Spain over amnesty deal for Catalan separatists". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Spain's conservatives rally against deal with Catalan separatists". 12 November 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ Vera, Raul; Cadenas, Susana (19 November 2023). "Biggest protest in Spain against Catalan amnesty law draws 170,000". Reuters. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ Faus, Joan (26 June 2025). "Spain's top court upholds amnesty law for Catalan separatists". Reuters. Retrieved 29 June 2025.