He maintains that, unlike other States parties, when Spain ratified the Covenant, it did not make a reservation that would have excluded cases in which defendants were convicted after appeals had been filed against their acquittal.
他认为，与其他缔约国不同的是，西班牙在批准《公约》时，并没有作出保留，从而排除被告被宣判无罪之后因被上诉而定罪的情况。