Article 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights

{{quote|No punishment without law

1. No one shall be held guilty of any criminal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a criminal offence under national or international law at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the criminal offence was committed.
2. This Article shall not prejudice the trial and punishment of any person for any act or omission which, at the time when it was committed, was criminal according to the general principles of law recognised by civilised nations.{{cite news|url=http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/D5CC24A7-DC13-4318-B457-5C9014916D7A/0/ENG_CONV.pdf |format=pdf |date=10 November 2011 |title=Council of Europe |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105220618/http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/D5CC24A7-DC13-4318-B457-5C9014916D7A/0/ENG_CONV.pdf |archive-date=November 5, 2011 }}}}

• 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)

• Ines Del Rio: case of the Parot doctrine{{cite news|title=European Court of Human Rights condemns Spain over Eta case|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24606155|accessdate=6 April 2016|publisher=BBC News|date=21 October 2013}}

{{cite book |title=Law of the European Convention on Human Rights |edition=2nd |last1=Harris |first1=David |last2=O'Boyle |first2=Michael |last3=Warbrick |first3=Colin |year=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-406-90594-9 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/harrisoboylewarb0000unse/page/331 331–339] |url=https://archive.org/details/harrisoboylewarb0000unse/page/331 }}

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