Bill to recognize all victims of the Franco dictatorship

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1. The bill, introduced by Esquerra Republicana in 2017 and admitted for processing, seeks to amend Law 52/2007 to recognize and provide redress to all victims of the dictatorship who had not yet received recognition, and to recover the memory of the Second Republic and Francoist repression.
2. The bill would declare void the sentences of courts martial, the Public Order Court and other Francoist courts, and would grant victim status, with legal, moral and economic redress, to those who suffered executions, torture, exile, purges or confiscations. It would also require returning seized property and documents, or compensating their current value.
3. It would recognize the Second Republic as a democratic State under the rule of law, declare April 14 as Historical Memory Day, and provide outreach campaigns, documentary series on TVE, and the inclusion of this content in schools and libraries.
4. The State would take on locating and identifying people missing in mass graves, with DNA banks and all costs covered by the State Budget. It would also create an office to search for children stolen under Francoism and a database with DNA from victims and relatives.
5. The bill provides for 135,000-euro compensation for the beneficiaries of those who died fighting Francoism, recognition of the anti-Franco armed struggle and of victims deported to Nazi camps, removal of Francoist honors within one year, and turning sites such as the Valle de los Caídos into museums.
6. It would create a State Council for the Teaching of Historical Memory, split equally between the Government and civil society, to prepare reports, advise on tributes and monitor compliance with the law, plus an economic fund to finance everything planned.

Words worth knowing

Proposición de ley

A bill introduced by a parliamentary group so it can become a law. It is not an approved law until it goes through the legislative process.

Consejo de Guerra

A military court that tried people, including civilians, during the war and the dictatorship.

Crímenes contra la Humanidad

Crimes against humanity: very serious offenses committed systematically against the population, which under international law never expire.

Museización

Turning a historic site into a museum or interpretation center so it can be visited and explained.

Ley de Amnistía de 1977

The 1977 Amnesty Law, which pardoned political offenses by both sides of the dictatorship and the opposition. The bill considers it unconstitutional.

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