In 2020, a judge from Spain dismissed a lawsuit for slander that a group of homeopaths had filed against two critics of homeopathy (Fernando Cervera and Aurelio Duque). The sentence, which cited the Royal National Academy of Pharmacy, stated "no solo no funcionaba, sino que la homeopatía puede poner en riesgo la salud" ("it is not only ineffective, homeopathy can put [a person's] health at risk"). It was the first time that a Spanish court ruled against homeopathy.[27]