Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (Croazia) - Ustavni sud

Date: 04/06/2011

Subject: The Ustavni sud mentioning the jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg, states the partial constitutional illegitimacy of article 127 paragraph 1 of the Execution of Prison Sentences Act, for insufficient clarity and precision of the said norm, in the part in which it provides that a prisoner has the right to receive or send money to third persons only following an authorization from the prison director

Parties: Josip Jurić

Original language: Croatian

Classification: Justice - Art. 49 Principles of legality (nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege; lighter penalty)

Text