STC 126/2025: Investigation of possible homicide

Constitutional Court · STC 126/2025

Issue examined

The appeal relates to decisions handed down by an investigating court in Bilbao in preliminary proceedings following the death of a family member.

Summary published by the Constitutional Court

Violation of the right to effective judicial protection in relation to the right to life: insufficient investigation of a possible crime of homicide, in the case of murder; lack of due attention to the right of relatives of the deceased to participate in criminal proceedings as indirect victims.

The file retains the distinction between violation and alleged violation used by the source. In order to know the judgement, the grounds and the individual votes must be consulted the full resolution.