General Council of the Judiciary of Spain

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constitutional body judicial council

The General Council of the Judiciary of Spain is the constitutional body that governs and administers the Spanish judiciary, overseeing judges’ appointments, promotions, and disciplinary matters independently of the executive and legislative branches.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
General Council of the Judiciary of Spain canonical	3
Spanish judiciary of the Second Republic	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional body ⓘ judicial council ⓘ
appointmentBody	Congress of Deputies NERFINISHED ⓘ Senate of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentMethod	members elected by Parliament ⓘ
buildingUsed	Palacio de los Consejos NERFINISHED ⓘ
canImpose	disciplinary sanctions on judges ⓘ
cannot	exercise judicial functions ⓘ overturn judicial decisions ⓘ
constitutionalArticle	Article 122 of the Spanish Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
createdTo	ensure independence of judges ⓘ
governs	judicial career in Spain ⓘ
hasMemberType	judicial members ⓘ lay members ⓘ
hasRole	administrative body of the judiciary ⓘ governing body of the judiciary ⓘ guarantor of judicial independence ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Madrid ⓘ
includesPosition	President of the General Council of the Judiciary NERFINISHED ⓘ members elected by Congress of Deputies ⓘ members elected by Senate ⓘ
independenceFrom	Cortes Generales NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
issues	regulations on judicial organization ⓘ
jurisdiction	Spanish judiciary ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis	Spanish Constitution of 1978 NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberCount	21 ⓘ
nativeName	Consejo General del Poder Judicial NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversees	judges in Spain ⓘ judicial school and training of judges ⓘ magistrates in Spain ⓘ
partOf	constitutional system of Spain ⓘ
presidentAlsoHoldsOffice	President of the Supreme Court of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	appointments of judges ⓘ disciplinary proceedings against judges ⓘ promotions of judges ⓘ
separatedFrom	executive branch of Spain ⓘ legislative branch of Spain ⓘ
shortName	CGPJ NERFINISHED ⓘ
supervises	operation of courts in Spain ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ
typeOfIndependence	functional independence ⓘ organic independence ⓘ
worksWith	Supreme Court of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Justice Committee → relatedTo → General Council of the Judiciary of Spain ⓘ

subject surface form: Justice Committee (Congress of Deputies, Spain)

Constitutional Court of Spain → appointmentBy → General Council of the Judiciary of Spain ⓘ

Spanish courts → overseenBy → General Council of the Judiciary of Spain ⓘ

Cortes → relatedInstitution → General Council of the Judiciary of Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish judiciary of the Second Republic