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New factsheet on life imprisonment and the ECHR

Department for the Execution of ECHR Judgments 15 May 2023 Strasbourg

Life imprisonment is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights, as long as prisoners have some chance of being released and it is possible for their sentences to be reviewed. According to the European Court of Human Rights, national laws concerning life imprisonment must be...

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