Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 12/16/2021

Subject: According to the Court, the principle ne bis in idem does not preclude the issue of a European arrest warrant against persons accused of abducting the son of a former Slovak President. The bringing to an end of the criminal prosecutions by way of an amnesty and the revocation of that amnesty do not preclude the issue of an arrest warrant since the national judicial authorities have not yet ruled on the criminal liability of the accused persons

Parties: B e a. (Révocation d’une amnistie)

Classification: Justice - Art. 49 Criminal Law - Art. 50 Right not to be tried or punished twice in criminal proceedings for the same criminal offence

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