http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/d16f7effe3ceb6e6 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-catalan-amnesty-in-the-spanish-constitutional-court/ The Catalan Amnesty in the Spanish Constitutional Court - A Triumph of Pragmatism Over Principle Tirapu-Sanuy, Josep M. eng 2025-07-12 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Amnesty Catalonia Spain Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 26 June 2025, the Spanish Constitutional Court ruled that the Amnesty Act “for the Institutional, Political and Social Normalization in Catalonia” is constitutional. The decision appears to reflect a pragmatic rather than a principled understanding of the amnesty – in other words, it treats the amnesty as an instrument to normalise the political situation in Catalonia rather than a measure for redressing possible rights violations resulting from the criminal convictions.