The Antígona Association “welcomes the election of Isabel Perelló Doménech as president of the General Council of the Judiciary and, therefore, of the Supreme Court.”
Recalling the laborious negotiations so that, for the first time in the history of both bodies, the high office would be occupied by a woman, it is worth highlighting her long professional career, as an expert in the field of administrative litigation. Among other places, her CV shows her time at the Constitutional Court and, since 2009, her work as a judge at the Supreme Court.
In recent months, members of the government have also made statements about the need to renew the State Pact against Gender Violence. After a year, the number of murders of women has been increasing, despite the apparent impotence of the institutions to stop it.
If not broken, at least with a significant crack in the judicial glass ceiling, Antigone assures that “we expect special sensitivity from the new President of the CGPJ, to support without reservations the set of measures that, from her field, are essential to ensure the life of women, and their daughters and sons, throughout the national territory”
