Article 7 - No punishment without law
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Wulffaert and Wulffaert Beheer NV v. Belgium, no. 76634/16
Criminal conviction for works that required urban planning permissions at the time they were constructed, but were exempted from the requirement of permissions and no longer punishable by the time the applicants were found guilty.
Judgment
Bădescu and Others v. Romania, nos. 22198/18 and 2 others
Criminal conviction of appeal court judges for abuse of office in connection with a judicial decision taken by them.
Judgment
Cesarano v. Italy, no. 71250/16
Domestic courts’ refusal of the applicant’s request for a reduction of his life sentence to thirty years’ imprisonment after he had chosen to be tried under summary procedure when such procedure no longer entitled him to a sentence of thirty years’ imprisonment.
Judgment
Key Themes
Useful Materials
- No punishment without law (no. CDH(70)10)
- No punishment without law (no. DH(57)6)