Baltasar Garzón

Baltasar Garzón Real (; born 26 October 1955) is a Spanish former judge. He served on Spain's central criminal court, the ''Audiencia Nacional'', and was the examining magistrate of the ''Juzgado Central de Instrucción No. 5'', which investigates the most important criminal cases in Spain, including terrorism, organised crime, and money laundering. In 2011, he was suspended from judicial activity and in 2012 he was convicted of illegal wiretapping and disbarred for a period of 11 years. During this time, Garzón legally assisted Julian Assange. In the landmark case ''Baltasar Garzón v. Spain'' (2021)'','' the United Nations Human Rights Committee found that Garzón's trial in Spain was "arbitrary" and violated the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Provided by Wikipedia