Baltasar Garzon, former Spanish judge, gestures as he addresses a conference on human rights in the auditorium of the Supreme Court in Asuncion November 28, 2013. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's most famous human rights investigator Baltasar Garzon has accused his country of seeking to curb judges' powers to pursue rights abusers around the world in order to avoid diplomatic tension and damage to trade ties.
Spain has pioneered the use of universal jurisdiction, the concept that crimes such as genocide and torture are so serious they can be prosecuted across borders. Using this principle, Spain detained Chile's former dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1998.
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