THE TELEGRAPH: Balthasar Garzon, the controversial Spanish judge currently suspended from his duties in his home country, has won permission work at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Spain's top judicial panel had suspended Mr Garzon on Friday pending his trial on charges he exceeded his authority by ordering an investigation into mass killings by the forces of former dictator Francisco Franco.
The suspension from his functions as a judge was widely thought in Spain to be an obstacle to a transfer to a foreign court but the judicial panel approved Garzon's request to spend seven months at The Hague court.
"Legal reasons could not be found to prevent the hiring of the judge as a consultant", Gabriela Bravo, spokeswoman for the judicial panel told reporters.
The Spanish judge, who won fame for his attempt to extradite former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for human rights abuses, faces three separate charges in Spain's Supreme Court. >>> | Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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