Article 7 - No punishment without law
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Asciutto and Others v. Italy, nos. 23169/16 and 3 others
Application to the applicants of the irreducible ergastolo ostativo life imprisonment regime under the 1992 version of section 4 bis of the Prison Administration Act, according to which prisoners convicted for mafia-related crimes who refused to cooperate with the judicial authorities were not entitled to parole.
Judgment
R.B. v. Italy, no. 20409/23
Criminal conviction of the applicant for the production of child pornography in the light of a new interpretation of the relevant statutory provision removing the need to ascertain a real risk of dissemination of the pornographic content.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Yasak v. Türkiye [GC], no. 17389/20
Conviction for membership in an armed terrorist organisation, without an individualised and contextual assessment of the applicant’s mens rea, and conditions of detention in prison.
Judgment | Legal Summary
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