37. The Special Rapporteur also welcomes the provisions in the bill regarding theredesignation of the Valle de los Caídos, as part of the Government’s measures to ensureguarantees of non-recurrence. He notes that following an amendment of the HistoricalMemory Act in April 2018, the Government initiated a process for the exhumation of theremains of Francisco Franco from the Valle de los Caídos, which was carried out in October2019. In November 2019, the State agency Patrimonio Nacional, which administers State-15 See, for instance, the Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation forVictims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations ofInternational Humanitarian Law, paras. 15–23.16 The Special Rapporteur notes that previously submitted legislative bills related to this issue were notadopted.17 See communication ESP 6/2014 and the State response thereto. Available athttps://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=18905and https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=32482.owned sites, announced that work would begin to locate, identifyand recover the remains ofpeople buried at the site. However, it appears that the work has yet to commence.
37. The Special Rapporteur also welcomes the provisions in the bill regarding the redesignation of the Valle de los Caídos, as part of the Government’s measures to ensure guarantees of non-recurrence. He notes that following an amendment of the Historical Memory Act in April 2018, the Government initiated a process for the exhumation of the remains of Francisco Franco from the Valle de los Caídos, which was carried out in October 2019. In November 2019, the State agency Patrimonio Nacional, which administers State-15 See, for instance, the Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law, paras. 15–23. 16 The Special Rapporteur notes that previously submitted legislative bills related to this issue were not adopted. 17 See communication ESP 6/2014 and the State response thereto. Available at https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=18905 and https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=32482. owned sites, announced that work would begin to locate, identify and recoverthe remains of people buried at the site. However, it appears that the work has yet to commence.