Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 09/16/2014

Subject: The judgment on the sentence against the applicant for having fished within the Romanian exclusive economic zone in breach of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which was not sufficiently foreseeable

Parties: Plechkov c. Romania

Classification: Justice - Art. 47 Previously established by law - Art. 48 Presumption of innocence - Art. 49 Principles of legality (nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege; lighter penalty) - Favor rei