Victims of terrorismo and its participation in the execution of the sentence

Abstract

the approval of Law 29/2011 of recognition and comprehensive protection of victims of terrorism only
slightly outlines the procedural rights that assist thise type of victims. These rights are embodied and developed in
Law 4/2015, of 27 April, on the standing of victims of crime. This Act goes much further than what is established by
Directive 2012/29/EU, from which it emanates, establishing the right of the victim to an active participation in the criminal process, even without being a party of it. In the field of criminal enforcement, the victim must not only be informed about decisions that involve a progression in the prisoner’s regime, but may also appeal certain resolutions issued by
the competent judicial authority in favor of this progression. All of this questions the pillars on which our criminal
and penitentiary procedure has been based on. It also is another example of the new criminal political orientation that,
framed in punitive populism, has been the driving force behind the legal reforms in Criminal Law in the recent years.