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Estévez Benito, r., Returning to the moment of the defendant’s declaration in the oral hearing after Organic Law 1/2025 of 2 January

Estévez Benito, r., Returning to the moment of the defendant’s declaration in the oral hearing after Organic Law 1/2025 of 2 January, a settled issue or lost opportunity?, Diario La Ley, nº 10650, Tribune Section, 23 January 2025

The Magistrate of the Criminal Court number 1 of Cáceres analyses the impact of the reform of Organic Law 1/2025, which establishes that the defendant’s declaration be done at the end of the trial. Through a comparative approach, in international law as well as jurisprudence of the Supreme Court, he examines this measure not just as a procedural question, but as a key element of the right to a defence.