Tag: Criminal Law
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Can a Policy with an Impossible Aim be Legitimate and Necessary? France’s “Abolitionist” Policy in M.A. and Others v. France
—Thomas Joyce, Tilburg University In July 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that the criminalisation of the purchase of sexual services did not constitute a violation of the respect for private life, pursuant to Article 8 of the ECHR.
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Safeguarding the Rule of Law: The European Public Prosecutor Office’s Role and Challenges
—Goran Selanec, Justice, Constitutional Court of Croatia [Editor’s Note: This is one of our ICONnect columns. For more information on our 2025 columnists, see here.] The European Union has been fraught with two alarming trends in the last decade and a half.
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Mercy and Judicial Review in the Commonwealth
—Adam Perry, Lecturer in Law, Queen Mary University of London Judges in Commonwealth jurisdictions are increasingly willing to review the executive’s decisions to grant or refuse mercy (ie, decisions to grant or refuse a request for a pardon or remission of a sentence for a criminal offence).