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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/113422| Title: | Life sentences are subject to a review mechanism |
| Authors: | Filletti, Stefano |
| Keywords: | Life imprisonment -- Malta Law reform -- Malta Law reviews -- Malta Criminal law -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher: | Malta Chamber of Advocates |
| Citation: | Filletti, S. (2017). Life sentences are subject to a review mechanism. Law & Practice, 35, 20-23. |
| Abstract: | "In the context of a life sentence, article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights must be interpreted as requiring reducibility of the sentence" On November 7, 2016 in a case instituted by Ben Hassine Ben Ali Wahid. a Tunisian national, the Constitutional Court delivered a landmark judgment by declaring that a non-reviewable life sentence in terms of Maltese criminal law was in breach of the applicant's fundamental rights under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/113422 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacLawCri |
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