Prisoners' rights
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Antonov v. Estonia, no. 48721/22
28/04/26
Resetting of the starting date of the 25-year minimum term of a life sentence to the date of a new criminal conviction for another offence.
Judgment | Legal Summary
F.B. and Others v. the Netherlands, nos. 28157/18 and 6 others
21/04/26
New mandatory ex officio mechanism of executive review of life sentences after 28 years of detention, allegedly rendering the applicants’ life sentences irreducible.
Judgment | Legal Summary
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