UN alarm over rightwing laws that could ‘whitewash’ Franco era in Spain

Three UN experts warn proposed harmony laws' may contravene global human rights standards

UN experts on truth, justice, forced disappearances and killings have warned Spain that new laws proposed by rightwing and far-right regional coalition governments to whitewash" the Franco dictatorship could contravene international human rights standards.

Two years ago, Spain's socialist-led government introduced a Democratic Memory law designed to bring justice, reparation and dignity" to the victims of the civil war and subsequent dictatorship.