Article 7 - No punishment without law

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31/08/22
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Kupinskyy v. Ukraine, no. 5084/18

10/11/22

Conversion, upon prisoner’s transfer, of a foreign reducible life sentence into an irreducible one due to unavailability of parole for life prisoners in his home State. Applicability and merits.
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Mørck Jensen v. Denmark, no. 60785/19

18/10/22

Conviction for breach of ban on entry and stay in a specific conflict zone, which was lifted at the time of the adjudication of the case following a change in the situation in that zone.
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Kotlyar v. Russia, nos. 38825/16 and 2 others

12/07/22

Retroactive application of criminal law for deliberate false registration of immigrants at applicant’s property. 
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28/01/22
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