G.T.B. v. SPAIN JUDGMENT which is required for the Constitutional Court to declare amparo appeals admissible. RELEVANT LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND PRACTICE I. RELEVANT DOMESTIC LAW 71. The relevant provisions of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 read as follows: Article 15 “Everyone shall have the right to life and to physical and psychological integrity, and under no circumstances may anyone be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment. The death penalty is hereby abolished, except as provided by military criminal law in times of war.” Article 18 § 1 “The right to honour, to personal and family privacy and to one’s own image is guaranteed.” Article 27 “1. Everyone has the right to education. Freedom of teaching is recognised. 2. Education shall be aimed at the full development of the human character with due respect for the democratic principles of coexistence and for fundamental rights and freedoms. ... 4. Elementary education shall be compulsory and free of charge.” 72. The relevant provisions of the Spanish Law on the Civil Register of 8 June 1957, as in force at the material time, read as follows: Section 2 “The Civil Register shall constitute proof of the registered facts. Only in cases of lack of registration or where it is not possible to certify the entry shall other means of proof be accepted; but in the former situation, it shall be an essential requirement for their acceptance that, previously or simultaneously, the registration that has been omitted or the reconstitution of the entry has been requested.” Section 15 “The Register shall record the events subject to registration that concern Spaniards and those that occur in Spanish territory, even if they concern foreigners. In any case, events that occurred outside Spain shall be registered where the corresponding registrations are to serve as a basis for registrations required by Spanish law.” 14