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{{Infobox person
| name = Juan Branco
| honorific_suffix =
| image = 2019 - Centre Stage - Day 2 VJR21625 (49024215596).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Branco in 2019
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1989}}
| birth_place = [[Estepona]], [[Andalusia]],<br />Spain
| nationality = French, Spanish
| education = [[École normale supérieure (Paris)]] ([[doctorate]])
[[Paris-Sorbonne University]]
[[Panthéon-Sorbonne University]]
[[Sciences Po Paris]]
[[École alsacienne]]
| occupation = [[Lawyer]], [[writer]], [[journalist]]
| employer = [[International Criminal Court]] (2010-2011)
[[French Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] (2012-2013)<br />
[[Yale Law School]] (2013-2014)<br />
[[Max Planck Institute]] (2015-2016)<br />
[[La Sapienza University]] (2015-2016)<br />
[[Wikileaks]] (2015-2019)
Independant [[lawyer]] (since 2017)
| notable_works = [[Crépuscule (book)|Crépuscule]]
| party = [[The Greens (France)|The Greens]] (2008-2009)
[[Socialist Party]] (2012)<br />
[[Partido X]] (2014)<br />
[[La France Insoumise]] (2017-2018)
| movement = [[anti-austerity movement in Spain|Indignados Movement]] (2013-2014)<br />
[[Yellow Vest Movement]] (since 2018)
| father = [[Paulo Branco]]
}}
'''Juan Branco''' ({{IPA-es|ˈxwan ˈbɾaŋko}}, {{IPA-fr|bʁɑ̃ko|lang}}, {{IPA-pt|ˈbɾɐ̃ko|lang}}), full name '''Juan''' '''Paulo''' '''Branco Lopez,''' born on 26 August 1989 in [[Estepona]], is a French-Spanish [[lawyer]], [[Political Activist|political activist]], writer and journalist.

As a student at [[Sciences Po]], he fought against [[HADOPI law|Hadopi law]], and became involved in politics, first with [[The Greens (France)|The Greens]], and then within the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]'s cultural centre during [[François Hollande]]'s [[2012 French presidential election|2012 French presidential campaign]]. He was sacked the day after the election, when the party reversed its position on Hadopi. A [[Doctor of Law|doctor of law]] since 2014, he became [[WikiLeaks]]' and [[Julian Assange]]'s legal advisor in France, after working as a researcher at [[Yale Law School|Yale]], the [[Max Planck Institute|Max Planck]] and [[La Sapienza University|La Sapienza]]. In 2017, he became a lawyer and defended [[Jean-Luc Mélenchon]], before running unsuccessfully in the [[French legislative elections, 2017|French legislative elections]] in [[Seine-Saint-Denis]] with the support of [[La France Insoumise|La France insoumise]]. He then distanced himself from the party.

Part of the [[yellow vests movement]] since 2018, he defended figures from the movement [[Pro bono|pro-bono]], including [[Maxime Nicolle]] and [[Christophe Dettinger]], and won cases against President [[Emmanuel Macron]]. During the protests, he also published ''[[Crépuscule (book)|Crépuscule]]'', a bestseller criticising the latter's rise to power and his links with French billionaires who [[Concentration of media ownership|concentrate press ownership]]. In June 2019, he filed at the [[International Criminal Court|International Criminal Court (ICC)]], a 250-page communication on European [[Migration policies|migration policy]], accusing [[European Union]] leaders of [[crimes against humanity]] over the [[List of migrant vessel incidents on the Mediterranean Sea|deaths of thousands of migrants]], and also made several revelations during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in 2020 and 2021.

Involved in several cases concerning [[UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations|UEFA Financial Fair Play regulations]] since 2021, denouncing the "creeping financialisation" of football, he represented [[Supporters of FC Barcelona|FC Barcelona supporters]], became [[La Liga]]'s lawyer against [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|PSG]] and [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], and defended Tayeb Benabderrahmane against [[Nasser Al-Khelaifi|Nasser al-Khelaïfi]]. In 2022, he defended victims of the [[2016 Nice attack|2016 Nice terrorist attack]] and in 2023, he became the lawyer of the [[Senegalese]] opposition leader [[Ousmane Sonko]], and filed another 168-page communication at the ICC in June, accusing President [[Macky Sall]] of "crimes against humanity" over the deadly [[2023 Senegal protest|2023 Senegalese protests]]. In reaction, Senegal issued an [[Interpol notice|international criminal warrant]] against him.

== Origins and private life ==
Born in Spain in 1989, in the municipality of [[Estepona]], [[Andalusia]], Juan Branco is the son of Portuguese film producer [[Paulo Branco]] and Spanish psychoanalyst Dolores López. He grew up in Andalusia and then in Paris, between the [[5th arrondissement of Paris|5th]] and [[6th arrondissement of Paris|6th arrondissements]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 December 2018 |title=Juan Branco désosse Macron {{!}} Entretiens |url=https://la-bas.org/la-bas-magazine/entretiens/Juan-Branco-desosse-Macron |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=Là-bas si j'y suis |language=fr}}</ref> He has two sisters and a brother.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Santucci |first=Françoise-Marie |title=Le joueur des chèques. |url=https://www.liberation.fr/portrait/1999/05/13/le-joueur-des-cheques_272787/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref> He lived a "golden childhood" in the [[Saint-Germain-des-Prés]] neighborhood of Paris, being acquainted with celebrities like [[Catherine Deneuve]] and [[Raúl Ruiz (director)|Raoul Ruiz]].<ref name="lefigaro.fr2">{{Cite web |date=18 February 2020 |title=Juan Branco, itinéraire d'un enfant gâté devenu activiste sans scrupule |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/juan-branco-itineraire-d-un-enfant-gate-devenu-activiste-sans-scrupule-20200218 |access-date=2020-03-08 |language=fr}}</ref> He was naturalized French in 2010.<ref name=":52">Endeweld 2013</ref> In 2018 and 2019, he received welfare assistance (''[[Revenu de solidarité active]]'') after having defended yellow vest protestors [[Pro bono|pro-bono]].<ref name="ReferenceA2">{{Cite web |date=17 February 2020 |title=Affaire Griveaux : Ce qu'il faut savoir sur Juan Branco |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/affaire-griveaux-ce-qu-il-faut-savoir-sur-juan-branco-20200217}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB2">{{Cite web |date=29 April 2019 |title=Les réponses de l'Express à Juan Branco |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/les-reponses-de-l-express-a-juan-branco_2074447.html}}</ref>

On 29 April 2021, a 20-year-old woman accused Branco of having abused her after they had taken a drug together.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 May 2021 |title="J'avais peur qu'il devienne violent" : le récit glaçant de la jeune femme qui accuse Juan Branco de viol |newspaper=ladepeche.fr |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2021/05/02/enquete-pour-viol-contre-lavocat-juan-branco-son-accusatrice-revient-sur-les-faits-9521758.php}}</ref> Branco claimed the relation had been consensual.<ref>{{cite news |date=30 April 2021 |title=L'avocat Juan Branco visé par une enquête pour viol |newspaper=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2021/04/30/l-avocat-juan-branco-vise-par-une-enquete-pour-viol_6078680_3224.html |access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref> He also showed journalists a conversation in which the young woman assured him that she would withdraw her accusation on the following monday,<ref>{{Cite web |last1=à 20h03 |first1=Par Jean-Michel Décugis et Vincent Gautronneau Le 1 mai 2021 |last2=À 20h02 |first2=Modifié Le 1 Mai 2021 |date=2021-05-01 |title=Visé par une enquête pour viol, l'avocat Juan Branco souhaite être rapidement entendu |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/vise-par-une-enquete-pour-viol-lavocat-juan-branco-souhaite-etre-rapidement-entendu-01-05-2021-TUTZJRGPOJH47OCOXETZM6HMCU.php |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref> but she did not withdraw.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Décugis |first1=Jean-Michel |date=June 2021 |title=Visé par une enquête pour viol, l'avocat Juan Branco placé en garde à vue |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/vise-par-une-enquete-pour-viol-lavocat-juan-branco-place-en-garde-a-vue-01-06-2021-EGEJ347CFZBKRCXVOID5IQJBPU.php |access-date=1 June 2021 |website=Le Parisien}}</ref> Branco was placed under criminal investigation for rape in November 2021.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 November 2021 |title=Juan Branco mis en examen pour viol |newspaper=lepoint.fr |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/info-le-point-juan-branco-mis-en-examen-pour-viol-24-11-2021-2453599_23.php}}</ref>

== Education ==

=== Ecole alsacienne ===
After an education spent in public schools,<ref name=":62">Mariel Primois Bizot, Au Diable Vauvert, October 3, 2019, ISBN &nbsp;979-10-307-0304-7, p. 128</ref> Branco studied at the [[École alsacienne]], a private establishment in the 6th arrondissement. In his own words, "one can reproduce and socialize there without fear of being contaminated by bad company". He also claimed to have "great contempt for the conformism of all these heirs".<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2019-05-07 |title=Des grandes écoles aux "gilets jaunes" en passant par WikiLeaks : qui est Juan Branco, l'avocat proche de Piotr Pavlenski ? |language=french |website=Franceinfo |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/transports/gilets-jaunes/des-grandes-ecoles-aux-gilets-jaunes-en-passant-par-wikileaks-qui-est-juan-branco-l-auteur-de-crepuscule-en-guerre-contre-macron_3421861.html |url-status=live |access-date=2020-06-30 |archive-url= |archive-date=}}</ref> He used [[Social network|social networks]] to comment on the physique of his comrades; his comrade [[Gabriel Attal]] complained of his actions to the management of the establishment.<ref name="lexpress.fr22">{{Cite web |date=11 February 2019 |title=Juan Branco, le radical chic qui veut la peau de la Macronie |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/juan-branco-le-radical-chic-qui-veut-la-peau-de-la-macronie_2061348.html}}</ref>

=== Masters at Sciences Po, Paris 1, ENS, and Paris IV ===
In 2007, he joined [[Sciences-Po Paris|Sciences Po Paris]] (IEP) where he relaunched the film club and was noticed by the director of the establishment, [[Richard Descoings]], who entrusted him with the mission of taking photos to feed his [[Facebook]] account.<ref name=":02" /> Years after he was asked by his widow to deliver a eulogy on behalf of the school's students at his funeral, he said, "All the flattery was instrumental, aimed at absorbing me to make me serve the system".<ref name=":02" />

During his studies at the IEP, he obtained a [[DEUG]] in philosophy and law co-accredited by the [[University of Paris 1]] in 2009,<ref name="ReferenceA2" /><ref name=":110">{{Cite web |title=Juan Branco {{!}} Yale University - Academia.edu |url=https://yale-academia-edu.translate.goog/JuanBranco/CurriculumVitae?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=yale-academia-edu.translate.goog}}</ref> following which he was admitted to the literature and languages department of the [[École normale supérieure (Paris)|École Normale Supérieure]]&nbsp;(ENS Ulm) the same year,<ref name="lexpress.fr22" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=L'annuaire {{!}} a-Ulm |url=https://www-archicubes-ens-fr.translate.goog/lannuaire?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=www-archicubes-ens-fr.translate.goog}}</ref> and finished his bachelor's degree from the IEP the following year.<ref name=":110" /> He obtained an M1 in modern literature in 2011, followed by an M2 in political philosophy and a Masters in public affairs in 2012, accredited by the [[University of Paris IV]] and the IEP of Paris respectively.<ref name="lexpress.fr22" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=MERCIER |first=Clémentine |date=2016-04-10 |title=À 26 ans, Juan Branco conseille les plus grands |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/justice/26-ans-juan-branco-conseille-les-plus-grands-4155418 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=Ouest-France.fr |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":26">[http://www.mpi.lu/fileadmin/mpi/medien/persons/Branco_Juan/CV_JB.pdf CV Universitaire (Max Planck Unstitute)]</ref> The following year, he obtained an M2 in geopolitics co-accredited by the ENS Ulm and the University of Paris 1, and became an [[audit student]] of the ENS.<ref name="ReferenceA2" /><ref name=":110" />

In 2019, ''[[L'Express]]'' reported that he mentioned on his [[curriculum vitae]] "in charge of a seminar at the École Normale Supérieure", which he was not. Branco replied to the weekly, "It changes absolutely nothing in the facts, whether it is organized by a student or not."<ref name="lexpress.fr22" /><ref name=":02" />

=== Doctor of law ===
Under the guidance of legal historian [[:fr:Jean-Louis Halpérin|Jean-Louis Halpérin]], he began a doctorate in international law and legal philosophy. His thesis, defended at the ENS Ulm eight months later, gave him the title of [[Doctor of Law|doctor of law]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-05-16 |title=Max Planck Institute Luxembourg: Juan Branco |url=http://www.mpi.lu:80/the-institute/senior-research-fellows/juan-branco/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516184101/http://www.mpi.lu:80/the-institute/senior-research-fellows/juan-branco/ |archive-date=2016-05-16 |access-date=2023-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis |title=De l'affaire Katanga au contrat social global : un regard sur la Cour pénale internationale |url=https://www.theses.fr/2014ENSU0004 |publisher=Paris, Ecole normale supérieure |date=2014-11-26 |degree=These de doctorat |first=Juan |last=Branco}}</ref> His work on the [[International Criminal Court]] was rewarded in 2015 with one of the thesis prizes from the Varenne University Institute — which became the Louis-Joinet Prize — in the “international criminal justice” category.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-02 |title=Lauréats 2015 {{!}} Prix Joinet - IFJD |url=https://prix-joinet.ifjd.org/laureats-2015-prix-joinet/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> This doctorate obtained in eight months allowed him to join a regional training center for the profession of lawyer (CRFPA).<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2021 |title=Juan Branco, un tiers maudit, deux tiers mondain |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/juan-branco-un-tiers-maudit-deux-tiers-mondain-10-06-2021-2430404_23.php}}</ref>

== Early professional career ==

=== Researcher at Yale, Max Planck and La Sapienza (2013-2016) ===
After having worked with the [[Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court]] for a year,<ref name=":32">{{Cite magazine |date=25 September 2019 |title=Affaire Griveaux : Qui est Juan Branco, l'avocat qui dit "avoir accompagné" Piotr Pavlenski ? |url=https://www.gqmagazine.fr/pop-culture/article/les-vies-revees-de-juan-branco |url-status=dead |magazine=[[GQ]] |language=FR |edition=French |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021044523/https://www.gqmagazine.fr/pop-culture/article/les-vies-revees-de-juan-branco |archive-date=2021-10-21}}</ref> and as an external collaborator at the [[French Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] for another year,<ref name=":02" /> ha was employed in the French department of [[Yale University]] between 2013 and 2014, and became a visiting scholar at [[Yale Law School]],<ref name=":26" /> where he collaborated with the ''[[The Yale Journal of International Law|Yale Journal of International Law]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Law Journal |url=https://www.yjil.org/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=International Law Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2015, he was recruited as a visiting scholar at [[La Sapienza University of Rome]],<ref name=":32" /> and as a Senior Research Fellow at the [[Max Planck Institute]] Luxembourg for Procedural Law.<ref>[https://www.mpi.lu/news-and-events/latest-news/detail/detail/juan-branco-awarded-for-his-phd-dissertation/ Max Planck Institute Luxembourg : Juan Branco awarded for his PhD dissertation]</ref> He earned eight thousand euros in salary there and specified on this subject: “I did not know what to do with it. It was a bit unsettling”.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":32" />

=== Legal advisor of Wikileaks and Julian Assange (2015-2019) ===
Branco was passionate about the causes of other activists, such as the American [[whistleblower]] [[Edward Snowden]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-29 |title=Des "gilets jaunes" à Piotr Pavlenski, en passant par l'intelligentsia parisienne... La galaxie éclectique de Juan Branco |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/russie/piotr-pavlenski/des-gilets-jaunes-a-piotr-pavlenski-en-passant-par-l-intelligentsia-parisienne-la-galaxie-eclectique-de-juan-branco_3835667.html |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}}</ref> For a while, he tried to join the team defending the man who revealed the [[Global surveillance|massive surveillance of global communications]] by the [[US Secret Service|US secret services]].<ref name=":0" />

However, he met Julian Assange in 2015, probably through "a close friend" of Assange's,<ref name=":0" /> and after collaborating with the organisation as a volunteer for a few months, he joined the defence team of [[WikiLeaks]] and [[Julian Assange]] under the direction of [[Baltasar Garzón]].<ref name=":02" /><ref name="dailymotion.com">{{Cite web |date=2016-03-27 |title=Juan Branco, l'homme dans l'ombre de Julien Assange - Le Supplément du 27/03 - CANAL+ - Vidéo Dailymotion |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x40adfd |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Dailymotion |language=en}}</ref> As a legal adviser, he then represented the organization publicly, notably during the [[Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)|National Security Agency espionage revelations]] in 2015, relating to the presidents of the French Republic as well as to its large companies.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Rubin |first1=Alissa J. |last2=Shane |first2=Scott |date=2015-06-24 |title=Hollande Condemns Spying by U.S., but Not Too Harshly |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/world/europe/wikileaks-us-spying-france.html |access-date=2023-05-05 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He tried to obtain the right of asylum for Assange,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Etats-Unis, Suède, Grande-Bretagne: les destinations possibles de Julian Assange |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/etats-unis-suede-grande-bretagne-les-destinations-possibles-de-julian-assange-10194349 |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=RTBF |language=fr}}</ref> which the [[Élysée Palace|Élysée]] refused.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guiton |first=Amaelle |title=Hollande ne veut pas accueillir Assange |url=https://www.liberation.fr/planete/2015/07/03/hollande-ne-veut-pas-accueillir-assange_1342691/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":42">{{Citation |title=Retour sur nos enquêtes : FranceLeaks et Wikileaks |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUjGqixYKlU |access-date=2023-05-05 |language=en}}</ref>

Described by ''[[:fr:Le Supplément|Le Supplément]]'' as "the man in the shadows" of Assange,<ref name="dailymotion.com" /><ref name=":172">{{Cite web |title=Juan Branco, der Anwalt für Assange, die Gelbwesten und Flüchtlinge |url=https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000104349831/juan-branco-der-anwalt-fuer-assange-fuer-die-gelbwesten-und |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=DER STANDARD |language=de-AT}}</ref> responsible in particular for procedures with the [[United Nations]] and relations with certain States,<ref name=":42" /> he described on numerous occasions the risks inherent in working with WikiLeaks,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mediapart |first=Les invités de |title=L'inévitable radicalisation de WikiLeaks et les graves défaillances de notre société informationnelle |url=https://blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/article/020916/l-inevitable-radicalisation-de-wikileaks-et-les-graves-defaillances-de-notr |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Mediapart |language=fr}}</ref> particularly in contact with [[Intelligence agency|intelligence agencies]], and defined the organization as a "World Library of Power Devices".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kilpeläinen |first=Minna |date=2017-08-08 |title=WikiLeaks is a Sieve |url=https://medium.com/@minnaliik/wikileaks-is-a-sieve-3beda99e557d |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref> Until Assange was arrested in April 2019 and placed in solitary confinement in London's [[HM Prison Belmarsh|Belmarsh prison]], Branco regularly visited him at the [[Embassy of Ecuador, London|Ecuadorian embassy]], where he had taken refuge in 2012.<ref name=":0" /> He also helped set up a [[Facebook]] group, ''Assange, l'Ultime Combat'' (Assange, the Ultimate Fight), which organised bus trips between Paris and London in support of the Australian, and took part in two of them.<ref name=":0" />

In 2019, the French independent newspaper [[Mediapart]] revealed that Branco had indeed been spied on by the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] during his visits to Julian Assange at the [[Embassy of Ecuador, London|Ecuadorian embassy]] in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hourdeaux |first=Jérôme |title=Les Etats-Unis ont espionné Julian Assange et ses visiteurs à Londres |url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/211119/les-etats-unis-ont-espionne-julian-assange-et-ses-visiteurs-londres |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Mediapart |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Eschapasse |first=Baudouin |date=2020-03-09 |title=Ce que Juan Branco dit de Julian Assange |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/livres/ce-que-juan-branco-dit-de-julian-assange-09-03-2020-2366377_37.php |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Le Point |language=fr}}</ref>

== Lawyer career ==

=== First clients ===
Branco passed the bar in April 2017 and became a lawyer. He notably defended [[Jean-Luc Mélenchon]] during the so-called "[[Organisation armée secrète|OAS]]" affair,<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 April 2018 |title=Menaces de l'ultra-droite : Mélenchon demande que Collomb soit entendu par la justice |url=https://www.europe1.fr/politique/menaces-de-lultra-droite-melenchon-demande-que-collomb-soit-entendu-par-la-justice-3617996 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Europe 1 |language=fr}}</ref> a far-right terrorist group planning attacks on politicians and mosques;<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 October 2017 |title=Qui est Logan N., le cerveau présumé du projet d'attentat déjoué contre des politiques et des mosquées ? |url=https://www.europe1.fr/societe/qui-est-logan-n-le-cerveau-presume-du-projet-dattentat-dejoue-contre-des-politiques-et-des-mosquees-3468074 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Europe 1 |language=fr}}</ref> as well as his father against [[Terry Gilliam]] and the [[Cannes Festival]] in ''[[The Man Who Killed Don Quixote]]'' case, where he prevailed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 2018 |title="L'Homme qui tua Don Quichotte" : la justice donne raison à Paulo Branco |url=https://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Cinema/L-Homme-qui-tua-Don-Quichotte-la-justice-donne-raison-a-Paulo-Branco-1540328 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=parismatch.com |language=fr}}</ref> On 22 February 2020, the far-right French magazine [[Valeurs actuelles]] revealed that in an October 2016 letter to the [[Fleury-Mérogis Prison|Fleury-Mérogis prison]], Branco had proposed to [[Salah Abdeslam]], one of the terrorists responsible for the [[November 2015 Paris attacks]], to "dismiss [his] legal advisors" and made suggestions for his defence strategy.<ref name="Abdeslam2">{{cite web |date=22 February 2020 |title=Quand Juan Branco écrivait à Salah Abdeslam |url=https://www.valeursactuelles.com/societe/exclusif-quand-juan-branco-ecrivait-salah-abdeslam-116341 |access-date=22 February 2020 |website=valeursactuelles.com |publication-date=}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=22 February 2020 |title=Juan Branco a écrit une lettre à Salah Abdeslam en 2016 pour le conseiller |url=https://www.rtl.fr/actu/justice-faits-divers/juan-branco-l-avocat-a-ecrit-une-lettre-a-salah-abdeslam-pour-le-conseiller-7800142425 |access-date=23 February 2020 |website=rtl.fr |publication-date=}}.</ref> However, when Branco contacted Salah Abdeslam, he was not yet a lawyer, making his proposal possibly illegal: Branco explained that in October 2016, he "had just got his lawyer certificate" and "could be sworn in and become a lawyer in a heartbeat."<ref name=":252">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-25 |title="C'est un exercice illégal" : quand il sollicite le terroriste Abdeslam, Juan Branco... n'est pas encore avocat |url=https://www.marianne.net/societe/c-est-un-exercice-illegal-quand-il-sollicite-le-terroriste-abdeslam-juan-branco-n-est-pas |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www.marianne.net |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":242">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-24 |title=#VraiOuFake Juan Branco a-t-il vraiment écrit une lettre à Salah Abdeslam ? |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/terrorisme/attaques-du-13-novembre-a-paris/enquete-sur-les-attentats-de-paris/permettre-a-ceux-qui-ne-sont-pas-defendables-d-etre-defendus-l-avocat-juan-branco-assume-d-avoir-propose-de-defendre-salah-abdeslam_3839443.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-24 |title=Branco confirme avoir écrit à Abdeslam en 2016 pour lui proposer de le défendre |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/societe/justice/branco-confirme-avoir-ecrit-a-abdeslam-en-2016-pour-lui-proposer-de-le-defendre_2119194.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=L'Express |language=fr}}</ref>

=== MINUSCA legal expert ===
In May 2018, he was recruited by the [[United Nations]] in the [[Central African Republic]] as an independent expert,<ref>{{Cite web |last=AfricaNews |date=2018-05-31 |title=Centrafrique : la Minusca expulse un expert français qui l'accuse de crimes |url=https://fr.africanews.com/2018/05/31/centrafrique-la-minusca-expulse-un-expert-francais-qui-l-accuse-de-crimes/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Africanews |language=fr}}</ref> and was responsible with two others for developing the prosecution strategy of the Central African Special Criminal Court against [[Violation of human rights|human rights violations]] in the country.<ref name="Endeweld">{{Cite web |last=Endeweld |first=Marc |date=2018-05-29 |title=Un expert indépendant expulsé de Centrafrique par l'ONU |url=https://www.marianne.net/monde/un-expert-independant-expulse-de-centrafrique-par-l-onu |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=www.marianne.net |language=fr}}</ref>

On 25 May, he publicly accused on Twitter, the [[United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic|UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic]] (MINUSCA) forces of committing a massacre in [[Bangui]],<ref name="Endeweld" /> and said they could be investigated by the Criminal Court.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2018-05-31 |title=U.N. fires Central Africa legal adviser who accused peacekeepers of massacre |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-centralafrica-un-idUSKCN1IW265 |access-date=2023-05-07}}</ref> Less than a week later, he was expelled from the country by the MINUSCA, which said his tweets "may adversely affect the interests of the United Nations” and were therefore in breach of his contract.<ref name=":2" /> According to some sources, the decision was taken at UN headquarters.<ref name="Endeweld" /> Branco denied that his actions ran contrary to the interests of the United Nations, writing that “denouncing crimes [...] is a requirement for anyone, and in particular for those in charge of fighting them,”.<ref name=":2" />

=== Yellow vest protestors ===
During the [[Yellow vests protests|Yellow Vests movement]], he became the [[Pro bono|pro-bono]] lawyer for protest figures,<ref name=":032">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-29 |title=Des "gilets jaunes" à Piotr Pavlenski, en passant par l'intelligentsia parisienne... La galaxie éclectique de Juan Branco |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/russie/piotr-pavlenski/des-gilets-jaunes-a-piotr-pavlenski-en-passant-par-l-intelligentsia-parisienne-la-galaxie-eclectique-de-juan-branco_3835667.html |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref name=":023">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2019-05-07 |title=Des grandes écoles aux "gilets jaunes" en passant par WikiLeaks : qui est Juan Branco, l'avocat proche de Piotr Pavlenski ? |language=french |website=Franceinfo |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/transports/gilets-jaunes/des-grandes-ecoles-aux-gilets-jaunes-en-passant-par-wikileaks-qui-est-juan-branco-l-auteur-de-crepuscule-en-guerre-contre-macron_3421861.html |url-status=live |access-date=2020-06-30 |archive-url= |archive-date=}}</ref><ref name=":1722">{{Cite web |title=Juan Branco, der Anwalt für Assange, die Gelbwesten und Flüchtlinge |url=https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000104349831/juan-branco-der-anwalt-fuer-assange-fuer-die-gelbwesten-und |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=DER STANDARD |language=de-AT}}</ref> such as [[Maxime Nicolle]],<ref name=":822">{{Cite web |date=2022-09-22 |title=" Gilets jaunes » : Didier Lallement visé par une seconde information judiciaire pour « détention arbitraire " |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/justice/20220922.OBS63510/gilets-jaunes-didier-lallement-vise-par-une-seconde-information-judiciaire-pour-detention-arbitraire.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=L'Obs |language=fr}}</ref> [[Christophe Dettinger]],<ref name=":922">{{Cite web |date=2021-11-24 |title=L'avocat Juan Branco mis en examen pour viol et placé sous contrôle judiciaire |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/harcelement-sexuel/l-avocat-juan-branco-mis-en-examen-pour-viol-et-place-sous-controle-judiciaire_4857119.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Stéphane Espic<ref name=":1022">{{Cite web |last=Leboucq |first=Fabien |title=Brigitte Macron a-t-elle perdu un procès en diffamation contre un gilet jaune ? |url=https://www.liberation.fr/checknews/2020/10/04/brigitte-macron-a-t-elle-perdu-un-proces-en-diffamation-contre-un-gilet-jaune_1801326/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref> and Carole Pigaiani.<ref name=":722">{{Cite web |last=AFP |date=2023-06-16 |title=Caricature de Macron et du préfet de police: deux "gilets jaunes" comparaîtront pour outrage |url=https://www.lalibre.be/international/europe/2021/11/21/caricature-de-macron-et-du-prefet-de-police-deux-gilets-jaunes-comparaitront-pour-outrage-Z4RMXE2NYFCIROYYJ5DPMFCSWM/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=La Libre.be |language=fr}}</ref> After the protests, he continued to defend former protesters in court against Emmanuel Macron, such as Damien Tarel<ref name=":1122">{{Cite web |date=2022-09-29 |title=L'auteur de la gifle à Emmanuel Macron conteste une partie de sa peine |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/justice/4003024-20220929-grenoble-auteur-gifle-emmanuel-macron-conteste-partie-peine |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=www.20minutes.fr |language=fr}}</ref> and Valérie Minet.<ref name=":103">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=Une française traite Macron d'ordure : Me Juan Branco désigné pour sa défense - Senegal7 |url=https://senegal7.com/une-francaise-traite-macron-dordure-me-juan-branco-designe-pour-sa-defense/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Several cases are still on-going and 3 were won.

In particular, he became [[Maxime Nicolle]]'s lawyer and regularly gave him legal advice, intervening for example when Nicolle was "threathened" by a police officer during a protest on 19 January,<ref>{{Cite web |title=[VIDEO] Maxime Nicolle, figure des Gilets jaunes, porte plainte pour "menaces" contre un policier après la manifestation à Toulouse |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2019/02/14/maxime-nicolle-figure-des-gilets-jaunes-porte-plainte-pour-menaces-contre-un-policier-apres-la-manifestation-a-toulouse,8014885.php |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=ladepeche.fr |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-14 |title=Manifestation des "gilets jaunes" à Menton : Maxime Nicolle porte plainte |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/alpes-maritimes/menton/manifestation-gilets-jaunes-menton-maxime-nicolle-porte-plainte-1624141.html |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |language=fr-FR}}</ref> when he was interrogated by the police on 3 April,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-03 |title=Gilets jaunes : Éric Drouet interrogé par la police, Maxime Nicolle convoqué jeudi |url=https://www.europe1.fr/societe/gilets-jaunes-eric-drouet-interroge-par-la-police-maxime-nicolle-convoque-jeudi-3885857 |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Europe 1 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=à 18h14 |first=Par V. G. Le 3 avril 2019 |last2=À 20h08 |first2=Modifié Le 3 Avril 2019 |date=2019-04-03 |title=Gilets jaunes : Maxime Nicolle et Eric Drouet disent avoir été convoqués par les forces de l’ordre |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/gilets-jaunes-maxime-nicolle-et-eric-drouet-disent-avoir-ete-convoques-par-les-forces-de-l-ordre-03-04-2019-8045871.php |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref> or when Nicolle was arrested on the [[Champs-Élysées|Champs-Elysées]] during the [[Bastille Day]].<ref name=":032" /> Branco denounced an "arbitrary detention" and initiated legal proceedings to find out who had given the order,<ref name=":822" /> which led to the opening of an investigation against the former [[Paris Police Prefecture|prefect of Paris police]], [[Didier Lallement]] in September 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-22 |title=Deuxième enquête contre l'ex-préfet de police Didier Lallement |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/paris/4001985-20220922-gilets-jaunes-deuxieme-enquete-contre-ex-prefet-police-didier-lallement |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.20minutes.fr |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-23 |title=Didier Lallement visé par une deuxième information judiciaire à Paris pour "détention arbitraire" |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/paris/didier-lallement-vise-par-une-deuxieme-information-judiciaire-a-paris-pour-detention-arbitraire-2620148.html |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=France 3 Paris Ile-de-France |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

He also represented the [[Christophe Dettinger]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-07 |title=Manifestation des "gilets jaunes" samedi : le "boxeur" de la passerelle s'est rendu |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/manifestation-des-gilets-jaunes-samedi-le-boxeur-de-la-passerelle-s-est-rendu-6424224 |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=France Inter |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24 |date=2019-02-13 |title=Gilets jaunes : le boxeur de gendarmes Christophe Dettinger condamné à un an de prison ferme |url=https://www.france24.com/fr/20190213-france-justice-gilets-jaunes-boxeur-christophe-dettinger-condamnation-prison |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=France 24 |language=fr}}</ref> and tried to recover the money, €145 000, from a fundraising campaign that had been set up to support the yellow vest boxer, comdemned for punching policemen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pourquoi Christophe Dettinger, qui avait boxé des gendarmes, ne verra jamais la couleur de sa cagnotte |url=https://rmc.bfmtv.com/actualites/police-justice/pourquoi-christophe-dettinger-qui-avait-boxe-des-gendarmes-ne-verra-jamais-la-couleur-de-sa-cagnotte_AN-202101070559.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=RMC |language=fr}}</ref> However, the fund was cancelled by the court in 2021, and Branco appeled.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-01-07 |title=Gilets jaunes : la justice s'oppose au versement de la cagnotte de Christophe Dettinger |language=fr-FR |work=La Croix |url=https://www.la-croix.com/France/Gilets-jaunes-justice-soppose-versement-cagnotte-Christophe-Dettinger-2021-01-07-1201133657 |access-date=2023-05-24 |issn=0242-6056}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=magazine |first=Le Point |date=2021-01-06 |title=La cagnotte Leetchi de l'ex-boxeur Gilet jaune Dettinger annulée par la justice |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/justice/la-cagnotte-leetchi-de-l-ex-boxeur-gilet-jaune-dettinger-annulee-par-la-justice-06-01-2021-2408537_2386.php |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Le Point |language=fr}}</ref>

In 2020, he became the lawyer of Stéphane Espic who was accused by Emmanuel and [[Brigitte Macron]] of insulting them,<ref name=":1022" /> and had the case dismissed on 30 September on a technicality.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-30 |title=Le tribunal de Toulon annule une procédure visant un Gilet jaune pour "injures" envers Brigitte et Emmanuel Macron |url=https://www.varmatin.com/justice/le-tribunal-de-toulon-annule-une-procedure-visant-un-gilet-jaune-pour-injures-envers-brigitte-et-emmanuel-macron-580677 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Var-Matin |language=fr}}</ref> Branco represented Espic again in 2021 after the latter was arrested and prosecuted for replacing Macron's portrait with a [[QR code]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-04 |title=Un "gilet jaune" interpellé pour avoir remplacé le portrait en mairie de Macron par un QR code |url=https://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/un-gilet-jaune-interpelle-pour-avoir-remplace-le-portrait-en-mairie-de-macron-par-un-qr-code-4060920 |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Europe 1 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=à 21h56 |first=Par Le Parisien avec AFP Le 4 août 2021 |date=2021-08-04 |title=Besançon : le Gilet jaune qui a remplacé le portrait de Macron par un QR code sera jugé en octobre |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/besancon-un-gilet-jaune-interpelle-pour-avoir-remplace-le-portrait-de-macron-par-un-qr-code-04-08-2021-UZUVDHQNLJCLHIWCOJ4VQ6XGTM.php |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=https://www.facebook.com/lorraineactu |date=2021-08-05 |title=Nancy. Un Gilet jaune arrêté pour avoir remplacé le portrait de Macron par un QR code |url=https://actu.fr/grand-est/nancy_54395/nancy-un-gilet-jaune-arrete-pour-avoir-remplace-le-portrait-de-macron-par-un-qr-code_43939764.html |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=actu.fr |language=fr}}</ref>

In 2021, he represented Carole Pigaiani and another yellow vest protester, both accused of "contempt of a public authority" for a [[caricature]] of Emmanuel Macron, police prefect [[Didier Lallement]] and US President [[Joe Biden]],<ref name=":722" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Caricature de Macron et du préfet de police: deux "gilets jaunes" comparaîtront pour outrage |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/police-justice/caricature-de-macron-et-du-prefet-de-police-deux-gilets-jaunes-comparaitront-pour-outrage_AD-202111210194.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=BFMTV |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Caricature sexuelle de Macron et du préfet de police : deux gilets jaunes comparaîtront pour outrage |url=https://www.liberation.fr/societe/police-justice/caricature-sexuelle-de-macron-et-du-prefet-de-police-deux-gilets-jaunes-comparaitront-pour-outrage-20211122_GWKUIONG4RDWHHNWZELKLYNKLQ/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref> and managed to get the two yellow vests acquitted by the Paris Correctional Court on 26 May 2022.<ref name=":722" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-27 |title=Deux « gilets jaunes » relaxés pour leur caricature sexuelle de Macron |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/justice/3297655-20220527-deux-gilets-jaunes-relaxes-caricature-sexuelle-macron-prefet-paris |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.20minutes.fr |language=fr}}</ref>

He also became Damien Tarel's lawyer, who was condemned for smacking [[Emmanuel Macron]], defending "a purgatory gesture which relieved many French people".<ref>{{cite web |date=2 November 2022 |title="Un geste purgatoire qui portait la parole de beaucoup de Français", le gifleur d'Emmanuel Macron voit sa peine confirmée en appel |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/drome/un-geste-purgatoire-qui-portait-la-parole-de-beaucoup-de-francais-le-gifleur-d-emmanuel-macron-voit-sa-peine-confirmee-en-appel-2647116.html |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |language=fr-FR}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref name=":1122" /><ref>{{Cite web |last1=à 18h05 |first1=Par Le Parisien Le 2 novembre 2022 |last2=À 07h35 |first2=Modifié Le 3 Novembre 2022 |date=2022-11-02 |title=Emmanuel Macron giflé : la peine contre Damien Tarel confirmée en appel |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/emmanuel-macron-gifle-la-peine-contre-damien-tarel-confirmee-en-appel-02-11-2022-2A7SYYQH3FHARJSBTJZYGSAGMU.php |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

In 2023, he successfully defended Valérie Minet, who was prosecuted and held in [[police custody]] for nine hours, for calling [[Emmanuel Macron]] a "scumbag" on [[Facebook]], facing a 12,000 euro fine.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |date=2023-04-11 |title="C'est une volonté d'intimidation" : Juan Branco désigné avocat de Valérie M, poursuivie pour avoir insulté Emmanuel Macron sur Facebook |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/pas-calais/saint-omer/c-est-une-volonte-d-intimidation-juan-branco-designe-avocat-de-valerie-m-poursuivie-pour-avoir-insulte-emmanuel-macron-sur-facebook-2745030.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=France 3 Hauts-de-France |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-06 |title=L'Audomaroise qui a qualifié Macron d'« ordure » sera défendue par l'ancien avocat de Mélenchon |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1313068/article/2023-04-06/l-audomaroise-qui-qualifie-macron-d-orduresera-defendue-par-l-ancien-avocat-de |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=La Voix du Nord |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=Une française traite Macron d'ordure : Me Juan Branco désigné pour sa défense - Senegal7 |url=https://senegal7.com/une-francaise-traite-macron-dordure-me-juan-branco-designe-pour-sa-defense/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> On 4 July, the Saint-Omer judicial court dropped the case against Valérie Minet,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-04 |title=Justice. Nullité de la procédure contre Valérie Minet pour avoir insulté Emmanuel Macron |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/pas-calais/saint-omer/justice-le-proces-de-valerie-minet-pour-avoir-insulte-emmanuel-macron-debute-cet-apres-midi-a-saint-omer-2807645.html |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=France 3 Hauts-de-France |language=fr-FR}}</ref> and Branco announced that he would file a complaint against all those involved in the illegal procedure:<ref name=":33">{{Cite web |date=2023-07-04 |title=Saint-Omer : insultes contre Emmanuel Macron, le tribunal annule la procédure |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/saint-omer-insultes-contre-emmanuel-macron-le-tribunal-annule-la-procedure-3673030 |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}}</ref> from the Sub-Prefect to the Prosecutor and the police officers, a total of twelve people.<ref name=":33" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-04 |title=Elle avait insulté Emmanuel Macron : Juan Branco veut porter plainte contre le procureur et le sous-préfet de Saint-Omer malgré l’annulation |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1348678/article/2023-07-04/elle-avait-insulte-emmanuel-macron-juan-branco-veut-porter-plainte-contre-le |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=La Voix du Nord |language=fr}}</ref>

=== Report accusing EU of crimes against humanity ===
In June 2019, he filed at the [[International Criminal Court]], jointly with Omer Shatz, a 250-page communication on European migration policy, accusing the leaders of the [[European Union]] of [[crimes against humanity]] over the deaths of thousands of migrants who have perished in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] while trying to flee [[Libya]] between 2014 and 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-03 |title=Décès de migrants en Méditerranée: des avocats veulent traduire l'UE en justice |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/deces-de-migrants-en-mediterranee-des-avocats-veulent-traduire-l-ue-en-justice-20190603 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=LEFIGARO |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Oltermann |first1=Philip |last2=Giuffrida |first2=Angela |date=2022-11-30 |title=European politicians accused of conspiring with Libyan coastguard to push back refugees |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/30/european-politicians-accused-of-conspiring-with-libyan-coastguard-to-push-back-refugees |access-date=2023-05-19 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name=":172" /> The report also claimed that the EU "orchestrated the interception and detention of 40,000 people" seeking to flee the country between 2016 and 2019. The document was based on the analysis of five years of statements, decisions and European reports.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-06-03 |title=Deux avocats accusent l'UE de crimes contre l'humanité envers les migrants de Libye |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/06/03/plainte-contre-l-union-europeenne-devant-la-cpi-pour-le-traitement-des-migrants-en-libye_5470685_3210.html |access-date=2023-05-10}}</ref> The [[French Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] reacted by indicating that “this accusation […] has no legal basis”.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-03 |title=Migrants : deux avocats veulent que l'UE soit poursuivie pour crime contre l'humanité |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/monde/europe/migrants-deux-avocats-veulent-que-l-ue-soit-poursuivie-pour-crime-contre-l-humanite_2081944.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=L'Express |language=fr}}</ref>

=== Griveaux affair ===
On 14 February 2020, he represented the Russian artist [[Petr Pavlensky]] after the latter leaked sexually explicit videos depicting Paris mayoral elections candidate [[Benjamin Griveaux]]. Multiple sources claimed that Branco was involved in the leak, which he denied,<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 February 2020 |title=Vidéos intimes de Griveaux : le rôle trouble de Juan Branco |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/politique/videos-intimes-de-griveaux-le-role-trouble-de-juan-branco-14-02-2020-2362721_20.php |access-date=2020-02-29 |website=lepoint.fr |language=fr}}</ref> but still led the chairman of the French bar association to advise Branco to step down due to a "lack of distance".<ref>{{cite web |date=2020-02-19 |title=Le bâtonnier de Paris a demandé à Branco de ne pas défendre Pavlenski |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/justice/affaire-griveaux-le-batonnier-de-paris-demande-a-branco-de-ne-pas-defendre-pavlenski-19-02-2020-2363332_2386.php |access-date=2020-03-07 |website=lepoint.fr |language=fr |publication-date=}}</ref> Branco initially followed the advice but later reversed his decision and rejoined Pavlensky's defence.<ref>{{cite web |date=2020-03-05 |title=Branco redevient avocat de Pavlenski et demande une expertise psychiatrique de Griveaux |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/justice/branco-redevient-avocat-de-pavlenski-et-demande-une-expertise-psychiatrique-de-griveaux_2120123.html |access-date=2020-03-05 |website=LExpress.fr |language=fr |publication-date=}}</ref> In October 2020, the Paris Bar Association opened disciplinary proceedings against Branco,<ref>{{cite web |date=2020-10-08 |title=L'Ordre des avocats lance des poursuites disciplinaires contre Juan Branco |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/societe/20201008.OBS34478/l-ordre-des-avocats-lance-des-poursuites-disciplinaires-contre-juan-branco.html |access-date=2020-12-17 |website=nouvelobs.com |language=fr}}</ref> and in September 2021 he was disciplined for having alledgely "amplified the viral distribution" of the intimate videos, but was largely cleared of the other charges.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leplongeon |first=Marc |date=2021-10-04 |title=INFO LE POINT. Affaire Griveaux : Juan Branco sanctionné d'un blâme |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/info-le-point-affaire-griveaux-juan-branco-sanctionne-d-un-blame-04-10-2021-2446153_23.php |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Le Point |language=fr}}</ref>

In September 2022, the investigating magistrates cleared Branco of all charges<ref name=":622">{{Cite web |date=2022-09-06 |title=Affaire Griveaux : Juan Branco échappe à la justice… mais pas Piotr Pavlenski ni sa compagne |url=https://www.marianne.net/societe/police-et-justice/affaire-griveaux-juan-branco-echappe-a-la-justicemais-pas-piotr-pavlenski-ni-sa-compagne |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www.marianne.net |language=fr}}</ref> and in June 2023, the [[Paris Court of Appeal]] overturned the discipline imposed on Branco by the Paris Bar Association.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice. Affaire Griveaux: la cour d'appel de Paris annule un blâme infligé à l'avocat Juan Branco |url=https://www.leprogres.fr/faits-divers-justice/2023/06/09/la-cour-d-appel-de-paris-annule-un-blame-inflige-a-l-avocat-juan-branco |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.leprogres.fr |language=FR-fr}}</ref>

=== Football financial fair-play affairs ===
In 2021, he represented a socio and French supporters of [[FC Barcelona]] who challenged the legality of [[Lionel Messi]]'s transfer to [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] in the European Union courts, which they argued was only possible because of the postponement in France (until May 2023) of the application of [[UEFA]]'s Financial Fair Play rules ("state aid").<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-09 |title=Les socios du Barça envisagent de faire capoter l'arrivée de Messi au PSG |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/sport/3099759-20210809-fc-barcelone-aide-juan-branco-socios-preparent-plainte-faire-capoter-arrivee-messi-psg |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.20minutes.fr |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=La signature de Lionel Messi au PSG devant la justice européenne |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/La-signature-de-lionel-messi-au-psg-devant-la-justice-europeenne/1359983 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}}</ref> Branco denounced the "creeping financialisation" of football and the fact that control of the sport's governance was being "handed over to UEFA", a private body based in [[Switzerland]], rather than to the fans and European citizens.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Le transfert de Messi au PSG et la "financiarisation du football" devant la justice de l'Union Européenne |url=https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/football/transferts/le-transfert-de-messi-au-psg-et-la-financiarisation-du-football-devant-la-justice-de-l-union-europeenne_AV-202210180465.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=RMC SPORT |language=fr}}</ref> This complaint was officially rejected in February 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transfert de Messi au PSG: le recours devant la justice d'un socio et de supporters français du Barça a été rejeté |url=https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/football/transferts/transfert-de-messi-au-psg-le-recours-devant-la-justice-d-un-socio-et-de-supporters-francais-du-barca-a-ete-rejete_AV-202302080602.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=RMC SPORT |language=fr}}</ref>

In June 2022, he became [[La Liga]]'s lawyer in France, after the organisation filed a complaint at [[UEFA]] against [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|PSG]] and [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] for non-compliance with financial fair play rules.<ref>{{cite web |date=16 June 2022 |title=Football : la Liga engage l'avocat Juan Branco pour plaider sa cause contre le PSG |url=https://www.lejdd.fr/Sport/football-la-liga-engage-lavocat-juan-branco-pour-plaider-sa-cause-contre-le-psg-4117917 |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=lejdd.fr |language=fr}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> He requested that [[Kylian Mbappé]]'s contract be terminated.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-17 |title=Foot : avocat de la Liga, Juan Branco réclame l'abrogation du contrat de Mbappé |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/sports/football/espagne/foot-juan-branco-avocat-de-la-liga-veut-demander-l-abrogation-du-contrat-de-mbappe-20220617 |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=LEFIGARO |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-07-22 |title=La Liga exige l'annulation du contrat de Kylian Mbappé avec le PSG |language=fr-CA |work=La Presse |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/soccer/2022-07-22/la-liga-exige-l-annulation-du-contrat-de-kylian-mbappe-avec-le-psg.php |access-date=2023-05-21}}</ref>

In September 2022, he became one of the lawyers for Tayeb Benabderrahmane in the PSG spying affair, after the latter accused the [[Qatar|Qatari]] authorities and PSG president [[Nasser Al-Khelaifi|Nasser al-Khelaïfi]] of "[[torture]]" and "[[extortion]]" for illegally detaining him and forcing him to return confidential information on the attribution of the [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022 World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-10-06 |title=Affaire d'espionnage au PSG : le lobbyiste Tayeb Benabderrahmane contre-attaque |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2022/10/06/affaire-d-espionnage-au-psg-le-lobbyiste-tayeb-benabderrahmane-contre-attaque_6144662_3224.html |access-date=2023-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-29 |title=Affaire d'espionnage au PSG : le lobbyiste mis en examen perd une manche devant l'ordre des avocats |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/justice/20221029.OBS65281/affaire-d-espionnage-au-psg-le-lobbyiste-mis-en-examen-perd-une-manche-devant-l-ordre-des-avocats.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=L'Obs |language=fr}}</ref> Branco claimed that his client was a victim at the centre of a "state scandal".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Affaire " explosive " au Qatar : " Un scandale d'État " selon les avocats de Tayeb Benabderrahmane |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Affaire-explosive-relative-a-nasser-al-khelaifi-un-scandale-d-etat-selon-les-avocats-de-tayeb-benabderrahmane/1357714 |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}}</ref>

=== 2016 Nice terrorist attack ===
In September 2022, he defended victims of the [[2016 Nice attack|terrorist attack in Nice in 2016]]. He did not call for the terrorists to be condemned, but for the politicians responsible for security measures on that day to be prosecuted and investigated, in particular the [[Prefect (France)|Prefet]] of the department and mayor of [[Nice]], [[Christian Estrosi]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-29 |title=La plaidoirie à la kalach de Juan Branco au procès de l'attentat du 14 juillet 2016 à Nice |url=https://www.nicematin.com/justice/la-plaidoirie-a-la-kalach-de-juan-branco-au-proces-de-l-attentat-du-14-juillet-2016-a-nice-811332 |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Nice-Matin |language=fr}}</ref> He also demanded that the videotapes be made public.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-09-07 |title=Au procès de l'attentat du 14 juillet 2016 à Nice, la délicate question de la diffusion des images du massacre |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/police-justice/article/2022/09/07/au-proces-de-l-attentat-du-14-juillet-2016-a-nice-la-delicate-question-de-la-diffusion-des-images-du-massacre_6140472_1653578.html |access-date=2023-05-24}}</ref> However, Christian Estrosi denied responsibility, thus disappointing the victims.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-21 |title=Procès de l'attentat de Nice : Christian Estrosi ne reconnaît aucune responsabilité et déçoit les victimes |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/alpes-maritimes/nice/proces-de-l-attentat-de-nice-christian-estrosi-ne-reconnait-aucune-responsabilite-et-decoit-les-victimes-2639436.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

=== Ousmane Sonko ===
In 2023, he became the lawyer for [[senegalese]] opposition leader [[Ousmane Sonko]], who was accused of [[defamation]] by the Senegalese Tourism Minister.<ref name=":18222">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=L'avocat Juan Branco expulsé du Sénégal en marge d'un procès politique |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/l-avocat-juan-branco-expulse-du-senegal-en-marge-d-un-proces-politique-20230331 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=LEFIGARO |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-23 |title=Pourquoi Ousmane Sonko a choisi l'avocat français Juan Branco – Jeune Afrique |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1429276/politique/pourquoi-ousmane-sonko-a-choisi-lavocat-francais-juan-branco/ |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=JeuneAfrique.com |language=fr-FR}}</ref> On 30 March, he was refused entry into the country by the police at [[Blaise Diagne International Airport|Dakar airport]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-30 |title=Expulsion de Juan Branco du Sénégal : l'art et l'absence de manière ? – Jeune Afrique |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1432013/politique/expulsion-de-juan-branco-du-senegal-lart-et-labsence-de-maniere/ |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=JeuneAfrique.com |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=https://www.facebook.com/RFI |date=2023-03-31 |title=Juan Branco, avocat d'Ousmane Sonko, n'était pas le bienvenu au pays de la Teranga |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20230331-juan-branco-avocat-d-ousmane-sonko-n-%C3%A9tait-pas-le-bienvenu-au-pays-de-la-teranga |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=RFI |language=fr}}</ref>

On 22 June, Juan Branco filed a complaint in France and also called for the [[International Criminal Court]] to investigate Senegalese officials for "[[crimes against humanity]]", including President [[Macky Sall]], his interior minister and the commander of the gendarmerie, as well as 119 suspects throughout the chain of command.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-23 |title=Sénégal : Juan Branco, l'avocat d'Ousmane Sonko, accuse le pouvoir de « crimes contre l'humanité » |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2023/06/23/senegal-juan-branco-l-avocat-d-ousmane-sonko-accuse-le-pouvoir-de-crimes-contre-l-humanite_6178914_3212.html |access-date=2023-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=https://www.facebook.com/RFI |date=2023-06-22 |title=Sénégal: plainte en France et demande d'enquête à la CPI contre Macky Sall pour «crimes contre l'humanité» |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20230622-s%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal-plainte-en-france-et-demande-d-enqu%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-la-cpi-contre-macky-sall-pour-crimes-contre-l-humanit%C3%A9 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=RFI |language=fr}}</ref> The 168-page document, which contained more than 600 pieces of evidence and detailed 50 deaths in Senegal since March 2021, came in the wake of [[2023 Senegal protest|deadly protests in early June]] sparked by criminal charges against Sonko that critics said were politically motivated.<ref>{{Cite web |last=News |first=A. B. C. |title=Senegal opposition leader Sonko's lawyer files a lawsuit in France and calls for an ICC inquiry |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/senegal-opposition-leader-sonkos-lawyer-files-lawsuit-france-100318676 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>

On 12 July 2023, the [[French Foreign Ministry]] sued Juan Branco for allegedly endangering the lives of French officials in Senegal, whose identities he revealed when accusing them of crimes against humanity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-12 |title=INFO EUROPE 1 - Le ministère des Affaires étrangères porte plainte contre Juan Branco |url=https://www.europe1.fr/politique/info-europe-1-le-ministere-des-affaires-etrangeres-porte-plainte-contre-juan-branco-4193848 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Europe 1 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-13 |title=Le ministère des Affaires étrangères a déposé des signalements contre l’avocat Juan Branco |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/le-ministere-des-affaires-etrangeres-a-depose-des-signalements-contre-l-avocat-juan-branco-20230713 |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=LEFIGARO |language=fr}}</ref> Three days later, [[Senegal]] issued an [[international arrest warrant]] against Branco.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-14 |title=Le Sénégal lance un mandat d’arrêt international contre l’avocat français Juan Branco pour des « crimes et délits » |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2023/07/14/le-senegal-lance-un-mandat-d-arret-international-contre-l-avocat-francais-juan-branco-pour-des-crimes-et-delits_6182023_3212.html |access-date=2023-07-17}}</ref>

== Political activity ==

=== The Greens and Jeune République (2008-2009) ===
[[File:Jeune_republique.JPG|thumb|Logo of Jeune République, a [[think tank]] founded by Juan Branco.]]
During his studies at Sciences Po, he became involved in school reform projects with the director [[Richard Descoings]].<ref name=":62" /> Reputed close to [[Dominique de Villepin]],<ref name="lefigaro.fr2" /> he joined the [[The Greens (France)|Young Greens]], leading the [[Île-de-France]] section and mobilising in particular against [[Migration policy of the European Union|European migration policy and the Return directive]].<ref name=":52" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-08-21 |title=Non à la directive de la honte, la suite - Les Jeunes Verts Paris Île-de-France |url=http://jeunesverts.org/paris/index.php/post/2008/06/12/Non-a-la-directive-de-la-honte-la-suite |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821141340/http://jeunesverts.org/paris/index.php/post/2008/06/12/Non-a-la-directive-de-la-honte-la-suite |archive-date=2008-08-21 |access-date=2023-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-03-03 |title=JEUNES VERTS, (PETITS) CHASSEURS DE 4X4 |url=https://latelelibre.fr/reportages/jeunes-verts-petits-chasseurs-de-4x4/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=LaTeleLibre.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

French public TV [[France Info]] states : “After appearing on a Green list in the [[2008 Paris municipal election|2008 Paris municipal elections]], he created the Jeune République [[think tank]] at the end of his second year, identified as close to Dominique de Villepin. "On the ideas, there was always a certain coherence, however, I was searching the way to defend them", he explains. "<ref name=":02" />

=== Fight against Hadopi law (2009-2012) ===
In 2009, together with [[La Quadrature du Net]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rees |first=Marc |date=2009-06-30 |title=Création Public Internet : l'alternative à Hadopi contre 5 euros |url=https://www.nextinpact.com/archive/51715-assises-creation-public-internet-licence.htm |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=www.nextinpact.com |language=fr}}</ref> he fought against the [[HADOPI law|Hadopi law]], a French bill enforcing copyright protection on the Internet,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-02-04 |title=Juan Branco une grosse production |url=http://revuecharles.fr/juan-branco-une-grosse-production/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204154109/http://revuecharles.fr/juan-branco-une-grosse-production/ |archive-date=2016-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-16}}</ref> by creating the platform ''Création, Public, Internet'' and by writing an [[open letter]] against the project in April 2009, which was signed by personalities from the film industry, including his father, [[Catherine Deneuve]], [[Chantal Akerman]] and [[Christophe Honoré]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Akerman |first1=Chantal |last2=Honoré |first2=Christophe |last3=Morel |first3=Gael |last4=Limosin |first4=Jean-Pierre |last5=Modiano |first5=Zina |last6=Abril |first6=Victoria |last7=Deneuve |first7=Catherine |last8=Garrel |first8=Louis |last9=Gonzalez |first9=Yann |title=Lettre ouverte aux spectateurs citoyens |url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/2009/04/07/lettre-ouverte-aux-spectateurs-citoyens_551338/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Un certain cinéma français contre la loi Création et Internet - Les Inrocks |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/actu/un-certain-cinema-francais-contre-la-loi-creation-et-internet-119514-07-04-2009/ |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=https://www.lesinrocks.com/ |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref name=":192">{{Cite news |date=2011-06-06 |title="Réponses à Hadopi", de Juan Branco : vive la licence globale ! |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2011/06/06/reponses-a-hadopi-de-juan-branco_1532488_3260.html |access-date=2023-05-19}}</ref> The signatories denounced the "liberticidal" nature of the Hadopi Law and called on politicians to think about "new methods of remuneration" and to "meet the expectations of the public".<ref name=":192" /> He became acquainted with [[Julian Assange]] during the fight against Hadopi.<ref name=":72">Durand 2016</ref> His book ''Réponses à Hadopi'', published in 2011, proposed the development of a new legal and financial system for the film industry.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dussueil |first=Jeanne |date=2013-01-04 |title=Polémique sur le salaire des acteurs : "Il faut réformer le système de financement du cinéma" |url=https://www.challenges.fr/media/polemique-sur-le-salaire-des-acteurs-il-faut-reformer-le-systeme-de-financement-du-cinema_8256 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Challenges |language=fr}}</ref>

=== Socialist Party (2012) ===
During the [[2012 French presidential election|2012 presidential election campaign]], he became involved in the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] and worked several months in the cultural centre of [[François Hollande]]'s campaign.<ref name="lexpress.fr22" /> As a "chieff of staff"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Génération Y: portraits de digital natives (2/2) - Les Inrocks |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/actu/generation-y-portraits-de-digital-natives-22-20188-24-02-2012/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=https://www.lesinrocks.com/ |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref name=":122">{{Cite web |title=Hadopi : Juan Branco "inquiet" sur la volonté d'Aurélie Filippetti de changer les choses - Les Inrocks |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/actu/hadopi-96515-24-05-2012/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=https://www.lesinrocks.com/ |language=fr-FR}}</ref> of the "Culture, Audiovisual and Media" pole - led by future French Minister of Culture and Communication [[Aurélie Filippetti]] - ,<ref name=":02" /> Branco defended a reform of the French [[cultural exception]], including the repeal of the [[HADOPI law|Hadopi law]] and the decriminalisation of non-commercial [[peer-to-peer]] cultural exchanges.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juan Branco, un anti-Hadopi auprès d'Aurélie Filippetti |url=https://www.lalettrea.fr/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=La Lettre A |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":112">{{Cite web |title=L'histoire secrète du programme culturel du candidat Hollande |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http://perso.crans.org/raybaud/mediapart-20120607-programme_culture_candidat_hollande.pdf/index.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=[[Mediapart]]}}</ref>

However, he was dismissed the day after the presidential election,<ref name=":122" /> in favor of personalities from the cultural industries who were more favorable to Hadopi like [[Pierre Lescure]] or [[David Kessler (French official)|David Kaessler]].<ref name=":202">{{Cite news |date=2012-05-22 |title=Hadopi fait une première victime à gauche |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2012/05/22/hadopi-fait-une-premiere-victime-a-gauche_1705472_823448.html |access-date=2023-05-17}}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite web |title=Voici Filippetti, et Valois le travail |url=https://www.liberation.fr/ecrans/2012/05/23/voici-filippetti-et-valois-le-travail_958193/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":112" /> ''[[Le Monde]]'' titled, "Hadopi makes first victim on the left".<ref name=":202" /> According to Juan Branco, this was a result of a [[lobbying]] campaign from some of the cultural industries against his reform.<ref name=":122" /><ref name=":132" /> The investigation newspaper [[Mediapart]] confirmed an "accumulation of interests".<ref name=":112" /> Aurélie Filippetti, on the other hand, claimed that it was her refusal to accept Branco's request to become her chief of staff that led to his departure.<ref name=":02" />

=== Indignados movement and Partido X (2013-2014) ===
He was then involved in the Spanish [[Anti-austerity movement in Spain|Indignados movement]].<ref name=":72" /> During this period, he was edited by [[Alain Badiou]], [[Michel Surya]] and [[Barbara Cassin]],<ref name=":72" /> and intervened alongside [[Noam Chomsky]],<ref name=":72" /> [[Jean-Luc Godard]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Réponses à Hadopi, suivi d'un entretien avec Jean-Luc Godard |url=https://www.academia.edu/signup?a_id=30870353 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=www.academia.edu}}</ref> and [[Baltasar Garzón]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-11 |title=Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy {{!}} Speakers {{!}} Juan Branco |url=http://www.genevasummit.org/speaker/74/juan_branco |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211005621/http://www.genevasummit.org/speaker/74/juan_branco |archive-date=2015-12-11 |access-date=2023-05-16}}</ref> on issues of copyright, mass violence and surveillance in the digital era.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Symposium: Mass Surveillance — When Reality Exceeds The Fiction {{!}} La Quadrature du Net |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https://www.laquadrature.net/fr/node/8844 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=archive.wikiwix.com}}</ref> He later joined the campaign team of [[X Party|Partido X]], arising from the Indignados movement, during the [[2014 European Parliament election in Spain|2014 European elections in Spain]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=candidates xteam |url=https://partidox.org/candidates-xteam/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Candidatos y Programa para las Elecciones Europeas – Partido X, Partido del Futuro |url=https://eleccioneseuropeas.partidox.org/candidatos-equipox/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |language=es-ES}}</ref>

=== Opposition to Macron and La France Insoumise (2017-2018) ===
A fierce critic of [[Emmanuel Macron]] long before his election, he invited the journalist [[Marc Endeweld]] to investigate him in 2013,<ref>{{Citation |title=Macron : les réseaux secrets ? Marc Endeweld [EN DIRECT] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvfXlbk-n9c |access-date=2023-05-17 |language=en}}</ref> claiming that the conditions of his accession to power would determine the exercise of his power.<ref name=":62" /> From 2016, he described the possible election of the [[En Marche]] candidate as a precursor to the election of [[Marine Le Pen]], and defended the blank ballot between the two rounds of the [[2017 French presidential election]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Macron contre Le Pen - Pourquoi Juan Branco a invité à voter blanc |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKdNi3b35q4 |access-date=2023-05-17 |language=en}}</ref>

Branco then ran in the [[2017 French legislative election|2017 French legislative elections]] in [[Seine-Saint-Denis's 12th constituency]] under the label of [[La France Insoumise|La France insoumise]], whose leader [[Jean-Luc Mélenchon]] was convinced by his support for Julian Assange.<ref name="lefigaro.fr2" /><ref name=":62" /> Branco came fourth and was eliminated in the first round, with 13.9% of the votes cast and 5.5% of those registered. Ahead of him were [[Jordan Bardella]] ([[National Rally|FN]], 15.1%), Ludovic Toro ([[Union of Democrats and Independents|UDI]], 19.7%) and [[Stéphane Testé]] ([[LREM]], 33.8%), who was elected in the second round.<ref>{{Cite web |last=l'Intérieur |first=Ministère de |title=Résultats des élections législatives 2017 |url=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2017 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2017 |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Résultats des élections législatives 2022 |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/data/12eme-circonscription-de-seine-saint-denis-09312/elections/legislatives-2017/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Le Monde.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

=== Yellow Vests movement (since 2018) ===
He supported the [[Yellow vests protests|yellow vests movement]] from the start and called for the dismissal of Emmanuel Macron.<ref name=":02" /><ref name="lexpress.fr22" /> He became the [[Pro bono|pro-bono]] lawyer for protest figures and also a friend of [[Maxime Nicolle]], for whose autobiography ''Fly Rider, gilet jaune'' he wrote the preface, and of whom he said, "He is more intelligent than I am : I have learnt a lot from him, whether it is about French society, what he thinks of the current institutions, his experience of life in the army...".<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":02" /> He demonstrated several times alongside the yellow vests.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":0" /> He was present on 5 January 2019 when a forklift truck forced its way into the office of the government spokesman, [[Benjamin Griveaux]].<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":0" /> During the [[2019 European Parliament election|2019 European elections]], Branco called for [[abstention]], which earned him the disapproval of Jean-Luc Mélenchon.<ref name=":02" />

== Writing activity ==

=== ''Crépuscule'' ===
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In December 2018, he published ''[[Crépuscule (book)|Crépuscule]]'' on his blog hosted by [[Le Monde]], a long document which criticized the rise of Emmanuel Macron and his links to the wealthy [[Shareholder|shareholders]] of the French press, a vitriolic attack on a section of the Parisian [[elite]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Microsoft Word - Macron et son crepuscule 29 décembre.docx |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbranco.blog.lemonde.fr%2Ffiles%2F2019%2F01%2FMacron-et-son-Crepuscule.pdf%2Findex.html |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=archive.wikiwix.com}}</ref> and a call for popular revolt. He described Macron's movement as "a new form of fascism".<ref name=":1422">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-19 |title=PORTRAIT. Qui est Juan Branco, avocat radical et polémique ? |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/politique/benjamin-griveaux/portrait-juan-branco-un-avocat-radical-et-polemique-figure-de-l-affaire-griveaux-6744454 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Ouest-France.fr |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":2122">{{cite web |date=2019-04-26 |title=" Crépuscule " de Juan Branco, ce qu'il faut garder et ce qu'il faut jeter |url=http://www.slate.fr/story/176217/livre-crepuscule-juan-branco-fact-checking-pouvoir-emmanuel-macron-politique-medias |access-date=2019-04-26 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate.fr]]}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref>

After being downloaded around 100,000 times, ''Crépuscule'' was published by [[Au diable vauvert]] in March 2019 and sold 250,000 copies.<ref name=":1822">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=L'avocat Juan Branco expulsé du Sénégal en marge d'un procès politique |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/l-avocat-juan-branco-expulse-du-senegal-en-marge-d-un-proces-politique-20230331 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=LEFIGARO |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":322">{{Cite news |date=2020-02-17 |title=Derrière la chute de Benjamin Griveaux, enquête sur le rôle d'un trio sans foi ni loi |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2020/02/17/derriere-la-chute-de-benjamin-griveaux-un-trio-sans-foi-ni-loi_6029811_823448.html |access-date=2023-05-17}}</ref><ref name=":1522">{{Cite web |title="Crépuscule", de Juan Branco, est-il en tête des ventes de livres sans avoir été médiatisé ? |url=https://www.liberation.fr/checknews/2019/04/03/crepuscule-de-juan-branco-est-il-en-tete-des-ventes-de-livres-sans-avoir-ete-mediatise_1718700/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref> Abroad, it has been covered by the media, particularly in [[Spain]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-15 |title=Juan Branco nos presenta su "Crespúsculo" |url=https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/cinco-continentes/juan-branco-presenta-su-crepusculo/5146747/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=RTVE.es |language=es}}</ref> [[Belgium]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boileau |first=Clément |date=2023-05-17 |title=Que vaut "Crépuscule", le brûlot de Juan Branco qui crispe la presse française ? |url=https://www.lalibre.be/culture/livres-bd/2019/04/15/que-vaut-crepuscule-le-brulot-de-juan-branco-qui-crispe-la-presse-francaise-JUEGB3WAXRG47F5LMFTXETHR5A/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=La Libre.be |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":1622">{{Cite web |last=Boileau |first=Clément |date=2023-05-17 |title="Complotiste", "fasciste"... Qui est Juan Branco, conseiller juridique de Wikileaks qui s'est mis à dos la presse française ? |url=https://www.lalibre.be/international/2019/04/19/complotiste-fasciste-qui-est-juan-branco-conseiller-juridique-de-wikileaks-qui-sest-mis-a-dos-la-presse-francaise-FABMJHM4QZDPLL2P5EPYGLJBUQ/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=La Libre.be |language=fr}}</ref> and [[Switzerland]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 April 2019 |title=Qui a peur du "révolutionnaire" Juan Branco? |newspaper=Le Temps |url=https://www.letemps.ch/opinions/peur-revolutionnaire-juan-branco}}</ref> but not in France, despite having been on several literary [[Best Sellers list|bestseller lists]].<ref name=":1522" /> Belgian newspaper ''[[La Libre Belgique]]'' wondered : "Who is Juan Branco, the Wikileaks legal adviser who has alienated the French press?"<ref name=":1622" /> It wasn't until the end of April 2019 that some French media reviewed the book, mostly negatively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crépuscule: Juan Branco découvre la lune |url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/culture-idees/250419/crepuscule-juan-branco-decouvre-la-lune?onglet=full}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2019 |title="Peuplecratie" d'Ilvo Diamanti et Marc Lazar / "Crépuscule" de Juan Branco |url=https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/avis-critique/avis-critique-emission-du-samedi-11-mai-2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2019 |title="Crépuscule» de Juan Branco, ce qu'il faut garder et ce qu'il faut jeter" |url=http://www.slate.fr/story/176217/livre-crepuscule-juan-branco-fact-checking-pouvoir-emmanuel-macron-politique-medias}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2019 |title="Crépuscule" de Juan Branco : Fausse enquête-révélations sur Macron et vrai gâchis |url=https://www.marianne.net/culture/crepuscule-juan-branco-livre-critique}}</ref><ref name=":2222">{{Cite web |date=25 April 2019 |title=Critique des médias, attaques sur Macron... On a lu "Crépuscule", le livre "censuré" de Juan Branco |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/transports/gilets-jaunes/critique-des-medias-attaques-sur-macron-on-a-lu-crepuscule-le-livre-censure-de-juan-branco_3403909.html}}</ref> It is the first volume of a [[trilogy]], followed by ''Abattre l'ennemi'' in 2021 and ''Coup d'état'' in 2023.<ref name=":43">{{Cite web |title=Juan Branco, l'insurrection qui tarde à venir |url=https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/juan-branco-linsurrection-qui-tarde-a-venir-20230412_ZWRJ6JAS3VH3POYPU36DILAXWA/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref>

=== Other books ===
In 2011, Branco published ''Réponses à Hadopi'', a [[political fiction]] that imagines the development of a new legal and financial system for the film industry, and examines the concrete impact of the "global licence" on the cinema economy: that is, freedom of downloading, accompanied by a mechanism to compensate artists and their [[Beneficiary|beneficiaries]], instead of penalising Internet users who [[Piracy|pirate]] works.<ref name=":1922">{{Cite news |date=2011-06-06 |title="Réponses à Hadopi", de Juan Branco : vive la licence globale ! |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2011/06/06/reponses-a-hadopi-de-juan-branco_1532488_3260.html |access-date=2023-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Juan Branco "Ce qui me fait rire ? Bernard-Henri Lévy en Libye Et partout ailleurs" |url=https://www.liberation.fr/cinema/2011/11/30/juan-branco-ce-qui-me-fait-rire-bernard-henri-levy-en-libye-et-partout-ailleurs_778280/ |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-05-25 |title=Juan Branco: "Hadopi a créé une ligne de fracture très forte qui empêche tout dialogue" |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/culture/730414-20110525-juan-branco-hadopi-cree-ligne-fracture-tres-forte-empeche-tout-dialogue |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www.20minutes.fr |language=fr}}</ref>

In January 2020, he published ''Assange, L'anti-souverain,'' a 489-page biography of [[WikiLeaks|Wikileaks]] founder [[Julian Assange]], whom he defended as a lawyer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wikileaks : une biographie de Julian Assange, par son avocat Juan Branco |url=https://actualitte.com/article/11687/reseaux-sociaux/wikileaks-une-biographie-de-julian-assange-par-son-avocat-juan-branco |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=ActuaLitté.com |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=JBG |date=2020-02-07 |title=Juan Branco : "Julian Assange n'est pas dans la compromission avec la ... |url=https://www.sudradio.fr/societe/juan-branco-julian-assange-nest-pas-dans-la-compromission-avec-la-verite |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Sud Radio |language=fr-FR}}</ref> In this book, he traces the career of the Australian [[hacker]] and the news website he created, opens up the debate about this anti-sovereignist figure, and also addresses the growing public distrust of the traditional media.<ref name=":123">{{Cite web |last=Eschapasse |first=Baudouin |date=2020-03-09 |title=Ce que Juan Branco dit de Julian Assange |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/livres/ce-que-juan-branco-dit-de-julian-assange-09-03-2020-2366377_37.php |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Le Point |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":1222">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-11 |title=Juan Branco : Assange, figure d'un nouvel ordre mondial ? |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/la-grande-table-idees/juan-branco-assange-figure-d-un-nouvel-ordre-mondial-1880060 |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=France Culture |language=fr}}</ref> Branco argues that Assange is a "[[revolutionary]]" in that he has invented a new "desintermediated" relationship with information based on an immediately accessible source document.<ref name=":123" /> Branco then contrasts the figures of the two [[Whistleblower|whistleblowers]], Julian Assange and [[Edward Snowden]], with Assange being the only one in his eyes who is truly subverting the system.<ref name=":1222" />

On 9 December 2019, Branco was invited to give a speech in the honour amphitheatre of the French [[École polytechnique|Ecole Polytechnique]].<ref name=":04">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-29 |title=Des "gilets jaunes" à Piotr Pavlenski, en passant par l'intelligentsia parisienne... La galaxie éclectique de Juan Branco |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/russie/piotr-pavlenski/des-gilets-jaunes-a-piotr-pavlenski-en-passant-par-l-intelligentsia-parisienne-la-galaxie-eclectique-de-juan-branco_3835667.html |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}}</ref> He told the students of France's most prestigious engineering school, "The Republic does not belong to you".<ref name=":322" /> The speech was then transcribed into an [[essay]] entitled ''The Republic does not belong to you'' which was published on 7 May 2020.<ref name=":123" />

In March 2021, he published ''Abattre l'ennemi'' (Defeat the enemy), a political manifesto proposing solutions and a detailed governance project.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-05 |title="Abattre l'ennemi" : le nouvel Évangile selon Juan Branco |url=https://www.marianne.net/culture/litterature/abattre-lennemi-le-nouvel-evangile-selon-juan-branco |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=www.marianne.net |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Juan Branco : "Il y a encore la possibilité d'une guerre civile dans ce pays" |url=https://actualitte.com/article/99615/interviews/juan-branco-il-y-a-encore-la-possibilite-d-une-guerre-civile-dans-ce-pays |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=ActuaLitté.com |language=fr-FR}}</ref> It calls for a major paradigm shift by proposing a revolutionary programme, including the creation of [[Special Courts|special courts]], but also a change of the country's leaders.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abattre l'ennemi, le nouveau manifeste politique de Juan Branco |url=https://actualitte.com/article/99463/avant-parutions/abattre-l-ennemi-le-nouveau-manifeste-politique-de-juan-branco |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=ActuaLitté.com |language=fr-FR}}</ref> It is the second volume of a [[trilogy]] begun with ''Crépuscule.''<ref name=":43" />

In March 2023, he concluded the trilogy he began with ''Crépuscule'' and ''Abattre l'ennemi'' by publishing ''Coup d'état,'' a manual for insurgents that aims to provide the tools to lead a revolution,<ref>{{Cite web |last=JBG |date=2023-04-04 |title=Juan Branco : "on ne croit plus en la parole du politique" - |url=https://www.sudradio.fr/sud-radio/juan-branco-on-ne-croit-plus-en-la-parole-du-politique |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Sud Radio |language=fr-FR}}</ref> and calls for the seizure of power by force.<ref name=":43" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Causeur.fr |date=2023-03-28 |title=Juan Branco: le chaos très au point |url=https://www.causeur.fr/juan-branco-coup-d-etat-257428 |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Causeur |language=fr-FR}}</ref> It examines the scenarios of [[election]], [[revolution]] and [[Coup d'état|coup]], with the possibilities of success or failure, the advantages and disadvantages of each option.<ref name=":53">{{Cite web |title=Juan Branco : "Je n'y survivrai pas. Vous et moi le savons" |url=https://actualitte.com/article/110974/interviews/juan-branco-je-n-y-survivrai-pas-vous-et-moi-le-savons |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=ActuaLitté.com |language=fr-FR}}</ref> The first two parts are devoted to analysing the nature, constraints and conditions of the exercise of power.<ref name=":53" />

In May 2023, he announced the publication of his forthcoming book ''Hanouna'', which promises to tackle the French [[show business]] and in particular [[Touche pas à mon poste !|TPMP]] host [[Cyril Hanouna]]: "What is Hanouna ? Nothing. Nada. Keutchi. [...] A pawn in a system that would be useless to overthrow on its own, [...]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-17 |title=" Qu'est-ce que Cyril Hanouna ? Rien. Nada. Keutchi. " : le livre choc de Juan Branco très attendu |url=https://www.charentelibre.fr/societe/medias/television/qu-est-ce-que-cyril-hanouna-rien-nada-keutchi-le-livre-choc-de-juan-branco-tres-attendu-15195294.php |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=CharenteLibre.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-16 |title=Ce livre de Juan Branco sur Cyril Hanouna s'annonce piquant |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/culture/article/juan-branco-publie-un-livre-sur-cyril-hanouna-et-ca-s-annonce-piquant_217916.html |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Le HuffPost |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-19 |title=Cyril Hanouna ciblé dans le prochain livre de l'avocat Juan Branco |url=https://programmetv.ouest-france.fr/personnalites/cyril-hanouna/cyril-hanouna-cible-dans-le-prochain-livre-de-lavocat-juan-branco-e8b863e0-f639-11ed-81c3-16bd97291488 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=programmetv.ouest-france.fr |language=fr}}</ref> ''Hanouna'' will be published on June 1, but the book is already a bestseller in online bookstores.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Hanouna" : Juan Branco annonce la publication d'un livre sur l'animateur de TPMP et se place déjà en tête des ventes |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2023/05/16/hanouna-juan-branco-annonce-la-publication-dun-livre-sur-lanimateur-de-tpmp-et-se-place-deja-en-tete-des-ventes-11199636.php |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=ladepeche.fr |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=à 16h48 |first=Par Le Parisien Le 18 mai 2023 |date=2023-05-18 |title=" Qu'est-ce que Cyril Hanouna ? Rien " : l'animateur de C8 ciblé dans le prochain livre de Juan Branco |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/livres/cyril-hanouna-cible-par-juan-branco-dans-un-livre-a-charge-deja-en-tete-des-preventes-18-05-2023-AS6GAVQFG5AUFP4RK6E36YO5IY.php |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

== Journalistic activity ==
Between 2008 and 2019, Branco has written columns for [[Le Monde diplomatique|''Le Monde Diplomatique'']],<ref name=":232">{{Cite web |last=Branco |first=Juan |date=2016-11-01 |title=Les étranges affaires d'Areva en Afrique |url=https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2016/11/BRANCO/56798 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Le Monde diplomatique |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Branco |first=Juan |date=2018-09-01 |title=Centrafrique, la déroute des Nations unies |url=https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2018/09/BRANCO/59011 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Le Monde diplomatique |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Juan Branco |url=https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/auteurs/juan-branco |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Le Monde diplomatique |language=fr}}</ref> ''[[L'Humanité]]'',<ref>{{cite web |date=12 February 2019 |title=La vérité absente du procès Colonna |url=https://www.humanite.fr/node/500 |website=[[L'Humanité]]}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> ''[[Libération (journal)|Libération]],''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Branco |first=Juan |title=La démocratie espagnole contre le juge Garzón |url=https://www.liberation.fr/planete/2010/05/18/la-democratie-espagnole-contre-le-juge-garzon_626684/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Branco |first1=Juan |last2=Clarou |first2=Alphonse |title=Godard et la société du FN |url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/2014/06/22/godard-et-la-societe-du-fn_1047718/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref><ref name="libehollande2">{{cite web |date=2013-08-04 |title=Hollande ou la parole présidentielle fragmentée |url=http://www.liberation.fr/france/2013/08/04/hollande-ou-la-parole-presidentielle-fragmentee_922757 |website=[[Libération (journal)|Libération]]}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref>'', [[Esprit (magazine)|Esprit]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Branco |first=Juan |date=2015 |title=Le spectre d'Assange |url=http://www.cairn.info/revue-esprit-2015-1-page-82.htm |journal=Esprit |language=fr |volume=Janvir |issue=1 |pages=82 |doi=10.3917/espri.1501.0082 |issn=0014-0759}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Branco |first=Juan |date=2014 |title=Podemos : l'indignation au pouvoir ? |url=http://www.cairn.info/revue-esprit-2014-12-page-120.htm |journal=Esprit |language=fr |volume=Décmbr |issue=12 |pages=120 |doi=10.3917/espri.1412.0120 |issn=0014-0759}}</ref>'' and ''[[Les Inrockuptibles]].''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Proche-Orient : "Obama est passé d'une stratégie visionnaire à la realpolitik" - Les Inrocks |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/actu/proche-orient-obama-passe-dune-strategie-visionnaire-realpolitik-4255-30-09-2013/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=https://www.lesinrocks.com/ |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Juan Branco |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/auteur/juan-branco/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Les Inrocks |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

In 2013, he was reporter during the [[Central African Republic Civil War]] for ''Les Inrockuptibles''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-02 |title=Juan Branco ou l'histoire secrète d'une obsession |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/politique/20191002.OBS19228/juan-branco-ou-l-histoire-secrete-d-une-obsession.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=L'Obs |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Centrafrique : à Bangui, la tension est à son comble - Les Inrocks |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/actu/bangui-centrafrique-tension-comble-115933-21-12-2013/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=https://www.lesinrocks.com/ |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Centrafrique : l'erreur française à Bozoum - Les Inrocks |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/actu/centrafrique-lerreur-francaise-bozoum-116043-25-12-2013/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=https://www.lesinrocks.com/ |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

In 2016, he investigated [[Areva]]'s operations in the [[Central African Republic]], known as the "Uramin scandal", for ''Le Monde Diplomatique,<ref name=":0" />''<ref name=":172" /><ref name=":232" /> and in 2019 he published an article entitled "The indomitable Julian Assange".<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-01 |title=L'indomptable Julian Assange |url=https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2019/05/BRANCO/59876 |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Le Monde diplomatique |language=fr}}</ref>

He then developed a critique of [[Concentration of media ownership|media concentration]], notably in his book ''Crépuscule.''<ref name=":222">{{Cite web |date=25 April 2019 |title=Critique des médias, attaques sur Macron... On a lu "Crépuscule", le livre "censuré" de Juan Branco |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/transports/gilets-jaunes/critique-des-medias-attaques-sur-macron-on-a-lu-crepuscule-le-livre-censure-de-juan-branco_3403909.html}}</ref><ref name=":212">{{cite web |date=2019-04-26 |title=" Crépuscule " de Juan Branco, ce qu'il faut garder et ce qu'il faut jeter |url=http://www.slate.fr/story/176217/livre-crepuscule-juan-branco-fact-checking-pouvoir-emmanuel-macron-politique-medias |access-date=2019-04-26 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate.fr]]}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2019-05-12 |title=Cognin (Savoie) - Il dit avoir été menacé. Juan Branco a annulé sa venue au dernier moment |url=https://www.ledauphine.com/savoie/2019/05/12/juan-branco-a-annule-sa-venue-au-dernier-moment |access-date=2020-02-17 |website=[[Le Dauphiné libéré|ledauphine.com]]}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref>

In May 2020, Branco leaked an internal document from the Parisian [[Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris|AP-HP]] hospital which referred to a 75-year-old patient with no medical history and possible coronavirus who was denied an intensive care bed due to a lack of space.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-28 |title=Un patient sans antécédents privé d’un lit en réanimation en Ile-de-France? |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2749939-20200328-coronavirus-ile-france-patient-antecedents-prive-lit-reanimation-manque-place |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=www.20minutes.fr |language=fr}}</ref> In September 2021, Branco leaked [[Pfizer]]'s vaccine contracts that protect the US pharmaceutical company from legal action in the event of serious [[Side effect|side-effects]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pfizer is holding Brazil 'to ransom' over vaccine contract: Reports |url=https://www.wionews.com/world/pfizer-is-holding-brazil-to-ransom-over-vaccine-contract-reports-412122 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=WION |language=en-us}}</ref> The contract also revealed that Brazil elicited much cheaper jabs from Pfizer than the European Union, at about $10. Branco said that since the production cost of a Pfizer vaccine is believed to be a maximum of $2 (£1.50), the legitimacy of the profits should be questioned and citizens kept in the loop.<ref name=":03">{{Cite news |last1=Busby |first1=Mattha |last2=Milhorance |first2=Flávia |date=2021-09-10 |title=Pfizer accused of holding Brazil 'to ransom' over vaccine contract demands |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/sep/10/pfizer-accused-of-holding-brazil-to-ransom-over-vaccine-contract-demands |access-date=2023-06-21 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

== Conflict with medias ==
Because he published ''[[Crépuscule (book)|Crépuscule]]'' in December 2018, denouncing the [[Concentration of media ownership|concentration of French media ownership]] in the hands of billionaires and their role in the election of [[Emmanuel Macron]], he alienated the French press, which began to criticise him harshly ("complotist", "fascist"...) and investigate his background.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boileau |first=Clément |date=2023-05-21 |title="Complotiste", "fasciste"... Qui est Juan Branco, conseiller juridique de Wikileaks qui s'est mis à dos la presse française ? |url=https://www.lalibre.be/international/2019/04/19/complotiste-fasciste-qui-est-juan-branco-conseiller-juridique-de-wikileaks-qui-sest-mis-a-dos-la-presse-francaise-FABMJHM4QZDPLL2P5EPYGLJBUQ/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=La Libre.be |language=fr}}</ref>

=== Conflict with L'Express ===
In an article published on 11 February 2019, the French magazine [[L'Express]] claimed that Branco had not been "in charge of a seminar" at the [[École normale supérieure]], described him as a "chic radical who wants the skin of Macron", criticised his closeness to the [[Yellow Vest Movement]], recalled the controversy with [[Gabriel Attal]] and questioned the sincerity of his commitment.<ref name="lexpress.fr22" /> Exercising his [[right of reply]], published by the newspaper on 29 April 2019, Branco criticised the article for presenting "a one-sided portrait of a 29-year-old man, based in particular on facts that occurred during [his] minority";<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-29 |title=Droit de réponse de Juan Branco |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/politique/droit-de-reponse-de-juan-branco_2074683.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=L'Express |language=fr}}</ref> he also pointed out that L'Express is owned by the businessman and billionaire [[Patrick Drahi]], who had been heavily criticised in [[Crépuscule (book)|''Crépuscule'']].<ref name="ReferenceB2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-15 |title=L'Express VS Juan Branco : le vrai du faux - Par Manuel Vicuña {{!}} Arrêt sur images |url=https://www.arretsurimages.net/articles/lexpress-vs-juan-branco-le-vrai-du-faux |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www.arretsurimages.net}}</ref><ref name=":02" />

=== Self-promotion on Wikipedia ===
In February 2019, [[L'Express]] claimed that, after a dispute with the wife of a former Sciences Po professor over the latter's Wikipedia page, he impersonated a Wikipedia administrator by signing an email to her employer saying she had unduly modified the page.<ref name="ReferenceB2" /> On 21 February 2020, [[Le Figaro]] claimed that Branco had been editing his own [[Wikipedia]] pages for many years, in an attempt to embellish his biography, using so-called [[Sockpuppet (Internet)|sockpuppets]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2020 |title=Sur Wikipédia, les vies rêvées de Juan Branco |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/sur-wikipedia-les-vies-revees-de-juan-branco-20200221}}</ref>

== Publications ==

* ''Réponses à Hadopi'' (Paris, Capricci, 2011, {{ISBN|978-2918040255}})<ref>[https://lccn.loc.gov/2011519024 Library of the Congress]</ref>
* ''De l'affaire Katanga au contrat social global: Un regard sur la Cour pénale internationale'' (Paris, 2015, LGDJ-IUV, 2015, {{ISBN|978-2370320582}})<ref>[http://nouveautes-editeurs.bnf.fr/annonces.html?id_declaration=10000000240191&titre_livre=De_l%E2%80%99affaire_Katanga_au_contrat_social_global BNF reference]</ref>
* ''L'ordre et le monde'' (Paris, Fayard, 2016, {{ISBN|978-2213680880}}), edited by [[Alain Badiou]] and [[Barbara Cassin]]<ref>[http://clio-cr.clionautes.org/veille-editoriale-fayard-mars-avril-2014.html Editorial description of L'ordre et le monde]</ref>
* ''D'après une image de Daesh'' (Paris, Lignes, 2017, {{ISBN|978-2-35526-164-0}})<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-25 |title=Editorial description |url=https://www.editions-lignes.com/D-APRES-UNE-IMAGE-DE-DAESH.html}}</ref>
* ''Contre Macron'' (Edition Divergence, 2019, {{ISBN|979-1097088125}})
* ''[[Crépuscule (book)|Crépuscule]]'' (Paris, Au Diable Vauvert, 2019, {{ISBN|979-1030702606}})
* ''Assange, l'antisouverain'' (Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 2020, {{ISBN|978-2204133074}})
* ''La République ne vous appartient pas : Discours à polytechnique'', (Paris, Au diable vauvert, 2020, 110 <abbr>p.,</abbr> {{ISBN|979-10-307-0379-5}})
* ''Abattre l'ennemi'' (Éditions Michel Lafon, 2021, {{ISBN|978-2-7499-4697-9}})
* ''Treize pillards (''Au diable vauvert, 2022, 112 <abbr>p.,</abbr> {{ISBN|979-1030705072}})
* ''Luttes'' (Michel Lafon, 2022, {{Isbn|978-2749949550}})
* ''Coup d'état'' (Au diable vauvert, 2023, {{ISBN|979-10-307-0625-3}})
* ''Hanouna'' (Au diable vauvert, 2023, {{ISBN|979-1030706246}}

== References ==

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