Vicente Gimeno Sendra He was one of the youngest members to enter the Constitutional Court at the age of 39, and an illness caused his premature death in November 2020, at the age of just 71. Lawyer with outstanding teaching, research and experience defense of fundamental rightsHis legacy – Honorary Judge of the Constitutional Court and one of the brains of the Quick Trials Act, among others – lives on for years after his departure, and his memory does not fade among those who knew him and enjoyed his teachings.
The Akdeniz Foundation, of which Gimeno Sendra was a member of the Board of Trustees between 2016-2020, wanted to pay homage to his figure a few months ago by creating an award for his legal studies, which will eventually be presented in his memory. this year and this mondayMoreover, He will christen the conference room of the Aula de Cultura de Alicante in his namein the center of the foundation where it organizes conferences and congresses.
Both resolutions were adopted at a meeting a few months after Vicente Gimeno’s death and are finally taking shape now. Numerous figures from the Spanish legal fieldThe event will be welcomed by Luis Boyer, President of the Mediterranean Foundation. a plate With Gimeno’s widow, Cristina Beviaand the president of the Generalitat Valenciana will conclude with his words, Ximo Puig .
Among the relevant names to attend the commemoration are members of the association. jury Determined for the Vicente Gimeno Sendra Award Easter roomFormer President of the Court of Accounts, the Supreme Court, the General Council of the Judiciary (1990-1996) and the Constitutional Court (2011-2013); Victoria Ortega BenitoPresident of the General Assembly of Lawyers; Juan Carlos Lopez CoigSupreme Court prosecutor since 2014 and formerly Alicante District Court Attorney General; Jose Maria AsencioProfessor of Procedural Law at the University of Alicante; Luis Maria Cazorla PrietoProfessor of Financial and Tax Law, State lawyer, Cortes Generales lawyer and current Secretary General of the Spanish Stock Exchanges and Markets, among others; Yolanda Gomez, director of the Center for Political and Constitutional Studies and Professor of Constitutional Law; and the lawyer and general secretary of the Akdeniz Foundation, rafael simonActing as jury secretary with the technical support of Gimeno Sendra’s two sons, who are also lawyers, José Vicente and Jordi Gimeno Beviá.
The law excused the absence of the current President of the Constitutional Court, Candido Conde-Pumpido TouronRegrets not being able to attend this Monday as an official visit will be made by the President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea .
But there will be no shortage of Minister of Justice, Interior and Public Administration, gabriela bravo; President of the Alicante District Court, Juan Carlos Ceren; Attorney General of the Alicante District Court, Jorge Rabasa; Vicente Magro, Supreme Court judge; UA rector and law professor, Amparo Navarro; UA Dean of Law, Jaume Ferrer; Dean of the UMH Faculty of Legal Sciences, carmen escolano; or the deans of the Alicante Bar Association (ICALI), Fernando Candelaand from Elche (ICAE), Diego Garcia.
a great legacy
José Vicente Gimeno Sendra (Gandía, 1949 – Alicante, 2020) constitutional court judge Between 1988 and 1998 and Professor of Procedural Law at UNED. Gimeno Sendra worked as a lawyer and Ministry of Justice adviser after receiving the outstanding doctorate award at the University of Valencia in 1977. Carlos V chaired the European Institute of Legal Sciences and has published more than a hundred articles. He has received outstanding awards throughout his career. awards and honorsThese include the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabel la Católica, the Cross of Honor of the Order of San Raimundo de Peñafort, and the Medal of the Constitutional Order of Merit.
emphasizing Luis Boyer, “human and professional quality” de Gimeno shared a class with him at Escolapios in his hometown of Gandía and stumbled upon Valencia and Alicante years later. Boyer did not hesitate to include his childhood friend on the Akdeniz Foundation Board of Trustees. moment of uncertainty about the future of the businesstoday already open and thanks the jurist was involved “without ambiguity” and with full cooperation “from the first minute”, because “He didn’t shy away from any difficulties.”
Boyer recalls that Gimeno “worked hard for the defense of democratic principles and fundamental rights and for the modernization of the Administration of Justice” and believes it is fair to pay tribute to him by dedicating a room to him and creating an award. The name “called to be”, as Luis points out María Cazorla One of the most important of a legal nature in Spain» and it is connected with the “new stage”. momentum and public presence Mediterranean Foundation
Professor Yolanda Gómez considers these actions “a well-deserved tribute to a distinguished lawyer leaving the department”. an academic legacy of great relevance”. Sharing her years of academic work at UNED with her, Gómez emphasizes her “in-depth knowledge of fundamental rights” which allowed and allowed us to have very close cooperation with those of us who were part of the Constitutional Law Department in those years. It will undoubtedly bring us closer to valuable approaches and interpretations of rights» .
Rafael Simón, secretary general of the Fundación Mediterráneo, in the opinion of Vicente Gimeno “He was a pioneer in almost everything.He will be remembered for his work, from being the first Constitutional judge of Alicante to the impetus he gave to the Alicante University Procedural Law Chair”. “great teacher”
Prize
Vicente Gimeno Sendra Award, dedicated to legal work on fundamental rights, 9.000 € and the deadline for paper submission expires September 15. The winning work will be published by Thomson Reuters. Aranzadi It will be presented at the Law and Legislative Academy on the recommendation of juror Luis María Cazorla.