Case Law 57592/08 (03/02/2015)
Type: Judgment
Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights
Date: 02/03/2015
Subject: The judgment on whole life sentence in the British legal system, which was deemed compatible with the Convention: the case follows the judgments in the cases Vinter and others vs the United Kingdom of 9.07.2013, in which the Court found that the British law in such matter was unclear, and R vs Newell and R vs McLoughlin of 18.02.2014 in which – following the clarification by the British Court of Appeal on some aspects of the law and the explanations by the British Government – the case was deemed compatible with article 3 of the Convention
Parties: Hutchinson c. Regno Unito
Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Inhuman punishments - Justice - Art. 49 Proportionality of penalties