Concepción Espejel

Concepción Espejel Jorquera (born 15 September 1959) is a Spanish magistrate, member of the Constitutional Court of Spain since 2021.

Concepción Espejel
Espejel in 2011
Magistrate of the Constitutional Court
Assumed office
17 November 2021
Personal details
Born
Concepción Espejel Jorquera

(1959-09-15) 15 September 1959
Madrid, Spain
Alma materICADE

Biography

Espejel was born on 15 September 1959 in Madrid.[1] She joined the judicial career in 1983,[2] after passing a (minor) public examination to the post of district judge.[3] She had Vinaroz, Valls and Reus as early destinations.[2] From 1987 to 2008, she worked as magistrate in the provincial audiencias of Tarragona, Segovia and Guadalajara.[2] In Guadalajara, she assumed the pre-trial investigation on the 2005 Guadalajara forest fire.[4]

She served as member of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) during the 2008–2013 term.[2][4] After her spell at the CGPJ, she returned to the judicial career and entered the Audiencia Nacional.[5]

She was recused (at least 6 times) of procedures related to the Gürtel case because of her proximity to the People's Party (alongside fellow magistrate Enrique López).[6][7] In 2017, the CGPJ elected her nonetheless to lead the Criminal Chamber of the Audiencia Nacional, in replacement of Fernando Grande-Marlaska.[8][5] As president of said chamber, she participated in the trial of the so-called Altsasu case, which was eventually taken to the Strasbourg Court in order to determine if the accused had a fair trial.[9]

In October 2021, after a tentative deal struck between the national government and the opposition, she was reported to be one of the incoming members of the Constitutional Court.[10] The Congress of Deputies approved her nomination on 11 November 2021[11] and was appointed on 17 November.[12] She was sworn in the following day.[13]

References
  1. "Quién es quién en el nuevo CGPJ". El Imparcial. 16 September 2008.
  2. Marraco, Manuel (25 May 2017). "La magistrada apartada de 'Gürtel' por afinidad al PP presidirá la Sala Penal de la Audiencia Nacional". El Mundo.
  3. Gómez, José Antonio (27 May 2017). "Espejel ocultó en su relación de méritos que lo que aprobó fueron oposiciones a juez de distrito". Diario16.
  4. Ull Pont, Eugenio (2009). "El poder judicial y su consejo general" (PDF). Anales de la Real Academia de Doctores de España. 13: 164.
  5. Parera, Beatriz (27 May 2017). "La juez apartada de Gürtel, elegida para presidir la Sala de la AN". El Confidencial.
  6. Balín, Mateo (21 October 2021). "La juez Espejel, recusada en 'Gürtel', nueva magistrada del TC". Diario Sur.
  7. "Concepción Espejel, apartada de causas contra el PP, nombrada presidenta de la Sala de lo Penal de la Audiencia Nacional". Antena 3. 17 January 2018.
  8. Vega, Isabel (21 October 2021). "Espejel, la juez recusada en Gürtel por su cercanía al PP que salta al Constitucional". ABC.
  9. Albin, Danilo (20 July 2021). "El Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos investigará si los jóvenes de Altsasu tuvieron acceso a un juicio justo". Público.
  10. Parera, Beatriz; Gil, Iván. "Gobierno y PP acuerdan la entrada de los jueces Sáez y Espejel en el Constitucional". El Confidencial.
  11. El Congreso avala la candidatura de Ángel Gabilondo a Defensor del Pueblo y designa a cuatro magistrados del Tribunal Constitucional y a seis consejeros del Tribunal de Cuentas (in Spanish)
  12. Real Decreto 1035/2021, de 17 de noviembre, por el que se nombra Magistrada del Tribunal Constitucional a doña Concepción Espejel Jorquera. (in Spanish)
  13. Los cuatro nuevos magistrados del Tribunal Constitucional toman posesión de sus cargos (in Spanish)
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