The Audiencia Nacional de España ("National Court of Spain"), is a high court in Spain. It has its seat in Madrid, with jurisdiction over all of Spain, unlike most of the courts which have a territorial bailiwick. An Real Audiencia (Spanish: Royal Audiency) was a Judicial District that functioned as an Appeals Court. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... In law, jurisdiction refers to the aspect of a any unique legal authority as being localized within boundaries. ...

The Audiencia is composed of its President, the Presidents of the Court, and the magistrates that the law specifies for each one of its courts and divisions.

The Audiencia includes the following courts:

• Penal Court, which is occupied with crimes such as terrorism, organized crime, genocide, etc.
• Appeals Court, which addresses differences between the law and the decisions of the Penal Court
• Litigation-Administrative Court
• Social Court

Baltasar Garzón is a prosecuting judge in the penal court. Terrorism is the unconventional use of violence for political gain. ... Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. ... Genocide is defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) article 2 as any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such: Killing members of the group; Causing... Baltasar Garzón Real (born October 26, 1955 in Torres, Jaén, Spain) is a prominent judge (investigating magistrate) of Spain. ...

See also

• Supreme Court of Spain
• Constitutional Court of Spain