DISSOLUTION OF ETA AND CONTINUATION OF THE STRUGGLE OF SPANISH INSTITUTIONS IN THE AREA OF JUSTICE SYSTEM
Keywords:
ETA, terrorism, Spain, law enforcement, justice system, institutionsAbstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to enable an overview of the new situation in Spain regarding decision of ETA’s liders to stop with armed strugle and activities of institutions in Spain to continue with persecution and procesuing members of ETA who committed crimes.
Design/Methods/Approach
Deductive-inductive and analytical methods are the main methods that will be used in the paper, which will enable understanding of whole process from ETA’s first actions to its decision to stop with violent activities, as well as decisions and actions of Spanish institutions to continue with law enforcement related to committed acts of ETA’s members in the past.
Findings
Better understanding of the nature of ETA as an organization and committed terrorist acts, but more importantly politics and methods which institutions in Spain are using in order to satisfied justice regarding acts that ETA committed in the past.
Originality/Value
ETA was terrorist organization that several decades conducted armed struggle through terrorist acts with the goal of Basque gain independence. Still, ETA gave up armed struggle and disbanded in 2018, but Spanish institutions don’t give up of finding and prosecuting ETA’s members who were involved in terrorist acts. ETA and work of Spanish institutions will be analyzed through ETA’s organization and functioning, as well as through policy which Spanish institutions adopted after ETA was disbanded. Subject of the research is ideological terrorist organization that used certain methods in order to fulfil its goals and whose disband positively influenced on political and social stability in Spain. Also, important part of the paper is presentation of the activities and measures of Spanish institutions in the area of law enforcement which goal is to bring perpetrators of criminal acts to justice. The goal of these institutions is satisfaction of justice and respect of the laws that existed at the time of committing terrorist and other violent acts.
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