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Article 2 of Protocol No. 7 - Right of appeal in criminal matters

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Y. B. v. Russia, no. 71155/17

20.07.2021

No hearing on a request for reinstating the time-limit for appeal against in absentia conviction.
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Saquetti Iglesias v. Spain, no. 50514/13

30.06.2020

The criteria for characterising an offence as "minor", the exceptions under Article 2, paragraph 2 and review by a Constitutional Court. Applicability and merits.​​​
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Rostovtsev v. Ukraine, no. 2728/16

25.07.2017

Refusal, owing to unforeseeable application of rules of criminal procedure, of leave to appeal against conviction​.
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