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Criminal jurisdiction. Penal courts. Provinces

Penal. Penal courts. Trials and judgements. Provinces Catalonia
Trials Registered over the year Resolved by sentence Judgements Registered over the year Pending at end of year
2022 33,107 33,983 24,782 40,195
2021 32,918 33,205 22,202 38,221
2020 26,842 25,264 16,361 36,821
2019 29,917 31,450 21,535 37,841
2018 29,465 33,183 21,900 37,273
2017 30,295 28,729 20,972 38,120
2016 28,571 29,800 20,197 38,529
2015 28,961 31,268 20,402 37,818
2014 32,294 29,414 33,959 49,920
2013 32,685 29,263 33,746 53,340
2012 33,101 28,837 19,937 42,725
2011 32,143 28,544 22,472 48,862
2010 32,288 26,939 23,402 49,400
2009 33,523 25,413 27,803 53,991
2008 31,489 25,449 39,280 72,799
2007 28,121 23,884 28,634 52,205
2006 24,788 22,335 28,675 65,450
2005 24,606 22,831 32,691 65,547
2004 22,572 22,389 34,736 63,979
2003 21,849 21,698 36,674 38,499
2001 22,687 23,341 19,004 31,143
2000 21,995 18,383 22,047 29,610
Source:
2000: Dades elaborades pel Departament de Justícia de la Generalitat de Catalunya a partir de la Memòria anual del Consell General del Poder Judicial.
2001: Dades elaborades pel Departament de Justícia i Interior de la Generalitat de Catalunya a partir de la Memòria anual del Consell General del Poder Juducial.
2003: Dades elaborades pel Departament de Justícia de la Generalitat de Catalunya a partir de la Memòria anual del Consell General del Poder Judicial.
2004-2006: Dades elaborades pel Departament de Justícia de la Generalitat de Catalunya a partir de dades del Consell General del Poder Judicial.
2007-2013: Data prepared by Departament de Justícia based on data from the Consejo General del Poder Judicial.
2014-2022: Ministry of Justice, based on data from the General Council of the Judiciary.

Last update: October 16, 2023.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Criminal Courts
They are judicial bodies with jurisdiction on prosecution and resolution of crimes for which law determines deprivation of liberty of a máximum of five years and of related offences.

Methodological aspects

The courts of general jurisdiction are organized into different areas of law because of the matter of the affairs they know. The areas of law are: criminal, civil, social and contentious-administrative proceedings.

Other organizational criterium is the territory, according to the territorial scope of their competences, which can be state, regional, supra provincial, provincial, infra provincial, judicial district or municipal.

Finally, the judicial bodies are classified in unipersonal (courts) and collegiate bodies (courts of law), according to the number of persons in charge.

The highest judicial body in all areas of law is the Supreme Court with jurisdiction in all Spanish territory. Another court with jurisdiction in all of Spain is the National High Court specialised in the knowledge of criminal, contentious and social matters over an autnomous community jurisdiction.

With jurisdiction in all the Spanish territory and out of the general jurisdiction, the Constitutional Court is specialised in the knowledge of all appeals on grounds of unconstitutionality of laws and norms, of appeals for legal protection due to violation of fundamental rights and of conflicts of jurisdiction between the State and the Autonomous Communities or among these ones.

Types of judicial bodies

The following judicial bodies have seat in Catalonia:

  • High Court of Justice of Catalonia
  • Provincial Courts
  • Senior Courts
  • First Instance and Preliminary Investigations Courts
  • Family Courts and Status and Legal Capacity of Natural Persons Courts
  • Mercantile Courts
  • Courts of the Civil Status Register exclusively
  • Courts on Violence against Women
  • Juvenile Courts
  • Execution Courts
  • Criminal Courts
  • Social Courts
  • Court for Contentious Administrative Proceedings
  • Magistrate's Courts

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".

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