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Denis and Irvine v Belgium (Grand Chamber)

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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Denis and Irvine v Belgium (Grand Chamber)
   
Issue: Whether ongoing preventive detention was in breach of Art 5(1) ECHR when the underlying offence could no longer lead to such a sentence being imposed in light of legislative change; whether there was a breach of Arts 5(4) and 13 from the introduction of a 3-year probationary period on an order for release.
   
Court: ECtHR Grand Chamber
   
Reference:   Appns 62819/17 and 63921/17
   
Neutral Citation:  
   
Judge(s): R Spano (President), K Turkovic, P Lemmens, S O’Leary, Y Grozev, H Keller, A Pejchal, K Wojtyczek, E Kuris, M Mits, GA Serghides, L Chanturia, G Felici, A Bårdsen, D Pavli, S Yüksel, P Roosma
   
Date: 44348