CASE OF PETRIGNANI AND OTHERS v. ITALY
What was at stake
Whether the applicants' criminal convictions and the subsequent confiscation of their property breached the principle of no punishment without law and the right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions.
What the court decided
The Court held that, while the applicants' criminal convictions did not contravene the principle of no punishment without law in one respect, they did breach that principle in another respect, and that the confiscation of their property violated their right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions. The claim for financial loss was dismissed, but the applicants were awarded compensation for non‑pecuniary damage.
Statutes and cases cited
- § European Convention on Human Rights art. 7
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