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
''Kokkinakis v. Greece'' (application No. 14307/88) is a landmark case of the European Court of Human Rights, decided in 1993 and concerning compatibility of certain sanctions for proselytism with Articles 7 and 9 of the European Convention on Huma ...
(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
Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montene ...
(no violation found, unanimously)
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Nikolay Tess
Nikolay Tess ( lv, Nikolajs Tess, russian: Николай Тэсс; 1921 – December 7, 2006 in Riga, Latvia) was one of the few functionaries in charge of political repressions in the former Soviet Union who were convicted for this activity.
Ni ...
(2008 - decision on admissibility postponed)
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Mykolas Burokevičius
Mykolas Burokevičius (7 October 1927 – 20 January 2016) was a communist political leader in Lithuania. After the Communist Party of Lithuania separated from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), he established alternative pro-CPSU Com ...
(no violation found, unanimously)
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Handyside v United Kingdom
''Handyside v United Kingdom'' (5493/72) was a case decided by the European Court of Human Rights in 1976. Its conclusion contains the famous phrase that:
Nevertheless, the court did not find for the applicant, who had been fined for publishing ...
(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.
Literature
References
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