Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 01/22/2013

Subject: The decision in which the Court found that the Maltese law on drug traffiking was not sufficiently foreseeable in that it did not provide for any guidance on what would amount to a more serious offence or a less serious one (violation of article 7 of the Convention)

Parties: Camilleri c. Malta

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