Article 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights explained

Article 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights sets limits on criminalisation, forbidding ex post facto criminalisation by signatory countries.

Case law

• Handyside v United Kingdom (1976; no violation found, 13–1)
• Kokkinakis v. Greece (1993; no violation found, 8:1)
• Nikola Jorgić (2007; application ruled partly inadmissible and no violation found, unanimously)
• Mykolas Burokevičius (2008; no violation found, unanimously)
• Vassili Kononov (2010; no violation found, 14:3)
• Maktouf and Damjanović v. Bosnia and Herzegovina (2013; violation found, unanimously)
• Nikolay Tess (2014; application ruled inadmissible, unanimously)

Other judgements involving Article 7

• Ines Del Rio

Case of the Parot doctrine.^[1]

Literature

Book: Law of the European Convention on Human Rights . 2nd . Harris . David . O'Boyle . Michael . Warbrick . Colin . 2009 . Oxford University Press . New York . 978-0-406-90594-9 . 331–339 .

References

1. News: European Court of Human Rights condemns Spain over Eta case. 6 April 2016. BBC News. 21 October 2013.