Article 7 of the
European Convention on Human Rights
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR; formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international convention to protect human rights and political freedoms in Europe. Drafted in 1950 by t ...
sets limits on criminalisation, forbidding ''ex post facto'' criminalisation by signatory countries.
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Case law
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Kokkinakis v. Greece (no violation found, 8:1)
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Vassili Kononov
Vassili Makarovich Kononov or Vasiliy Makarovich Kononov (russian: Василий Макарович Кононов, lv, Vasilijs Kononovs; 1 January 192331 March 2011) was a Soviet partisan during World War II, who was convicted by Latvian supre ...
(no violation found, 14:3)
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Nikola Jorgic (no violation found, unanimously)
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Nikolay Tess (2008 - decision on admissibility postponed)
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Mykolas Burokevičius (no violation found, unanimously)
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Handyside v United Kingdom (no violation found)
*Maktouf and Damjanović v. Bosnia and Herzegovina (2013; violation found, unanimously)
Other judgements involving Article 7
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Ines Del Rio: Case of the
Parot doctrine The Parot doctrine (Spanish: doctrina Parot) refers to a 2006 Spanish Supreme Court decision to deny persons convicted of serious crimes specific rights that are granted by Spanish law that limit or reduce the maximum term of imprisonment.
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