M. v. GERMANY / ECHR

Notes

Date	17/12/2009
AppNr	19359/04
Body	Court (Fifth Section)
Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Articles	41; 5; 5-1; 7; 7-1
Violated / NonViolated	5-17-1
Citations	5-17-11135-1

Conclusions:

Non-pecuniary damage - award
Violation of Art. 5-1
Violation of Art. 7-1

Keywords:

(art. 5-1) lawful arrest or detention
(art. 5-1-a) after conviction
(art. 5-1-c) reasonably necessary to prevent offence
(art. 7-1) heavier penalty
(art. 7-1) nulla poena sine lege
(art. 7-1) retroactivity

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Fifth Section)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Published in	Selected for publication in Reports of Judgments and Decisions
Language	ENGLISH;FRENCH
Application Number	19359/04
Importance Level	1
Represented by	N/A
Respondent State	Germany
Date of Judgment	17/12/2009
Conclusion	Violation of Art. 5-1 ; Violation of Art. 7-1 ; Non-pecuniary damage - award
Articles	5 ; 5-1 ; 7 ; 7-1 ; 41
Separate Opinions	No
Law at Issue	Articles 2, 46, 61-66, 67c, 67d and 67e of the Criminal Code; section 1a of the Introductory Act to the Criminal Code; Article 2 § 2, 20 § 3, 101 § 1 and 2 and 103 § 2 of the Basic Law; sections 2, 129-135 and 140 of the (Federal) Execution of Sentences Act
Strasbourg Case Law	Achour v. France [GC], no. 67335/01, §§ 41-42, ECHR 2006-IV ; Adamson v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 42293/98, 26 January 1999 ; Amuur v. France, 25 June 1996, § 50, Reports 1996-III ; Baranowski v. Poland, no. 28358/95, § 52, ECHR 2000-III ; C.R. v. the United Kingdom, 22 November 1995, § 32, Series A no. 335-C ; Cantoni v. France, 15 November 1996, § 29, Reports 1996-V ; Coëme and Others v. Belgium, nos. 32492/96, 32547/96, 32548/96, 33209/96 and 33210/96, § 145, ECHR 2000-VII ; Dax v. Germany, no. 19969/92, Commission decision of 7 July 1992 ; Eriksen v. Norway, 27 May 1997, §§ 76, 78, 86, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997-III ; Erkalo v. the Netherlands, 2 September 1998, §§ 50, 52, Reports 1998-VI ; Grava v. Italy, no. 43522/98, § 51, 10 July 2003 ; Guzzardi v. Italy, 6 November 1980, §§ 96, 100, 102, Series A no. 39 ; Hogben v. the United Kingdom, no. 11653/85, Commission decision of 3 March 1986, DR 46, p. 231 ; Jamil v. France, 8 June 1995, §§ 30-31, Series A no. 317-B ; Kafkaris v. Cyprus [GC], no. 21906/04, § 116-117, 137, 140-143, 151-152, ECHR 2008 ; Karatas v. Turkey ([GC], no. 23168/94, ECHR 1999-IV ; Kokkinakis v. Greece, 25 May 1993, § 52, Series A no. 260-A ; Monne v. France (dec.), no. 39420/06, 1 April 2008 ; Mooren v. Germany [GC], no. 11364/03, §§ 72, 76, 9 July 2009 ; Nasrulloyev v. Russia, no. 656/06, § 71, 11 October 2007 ; S.W. v. the United Kingdom, 22 November 1995, § 34, Series A no. 335-B ; Saadi v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 13229/03, §§ 43, 67, ECHR 2008 ; Stafford v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 46295/99, §§ 63-64, ECHR 2002-IV ; Steel and Others v. the United Kingdom, 23 September 1998, § 54, Reports 1998-VII ; Streletz, Kessler and Krenz v. Germany [GC], nos. 34044/96, 35532/97 and 44801/98, § 50, ECHR 2001-II ; Uttley v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 36946/03, 29 November 2005 ; Van der Velden v. the Netherlands (dec.), no. 29514/05, ECHR 2006-XV ; Van Droogenbroeck v. Belgium, 24 June 1982, §§ 19, 33-42, Series A no. 50 ; Weeks v. the United Kingdom, 2 March 1987, §§ 42, 49, Series A no. 114 ; Welch v. the United Kingdom, 9 February 1995, §§ 27, 28, 30, 31, Series A no. 307-A ; Winterwerp v. the Netherlands, 24 October 1979, § 37, Series A no. 33 ; Witold Litwa v. Poland, no. 26629/95, § 49, ECHR 2000-III ; X. v. Denmark, no. 2518/65, Commission decision of 14 December 1965, Collection 18, pp. 4 et seq. ; X. v. Germany, no. 4324/69, Commission decision of 4 February 1971 ; X. v. Norway, no. 4210/69, Commission decision of 24 July 1970, Collection 35, pp. 1 et seq. ; X. v. the Netherlands, no. 6591/74, Commission decision of 26 May 1975, Decisions and Reports (DR) 3, p. 90
External Sources	Report on the visit of the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights to Germany from 9 to 11 and 15 to 18 October 2006 (CommDH (2007) 14 of 11 July 2007); Report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on its visit to Germany from 20 November to 2 December 2005 (CPT/Inf (2007) 18 of 18 April 2007); Concluding observations adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Committee in its session from 7 to 25 July 2008 on the report submitted by France under Article 40 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR; see CCPR/C/FRA/CO/4 of 31 July 2008)
Keywords	"(Art. 5-1) LAWFUL ARREST OR DETENTION" "(Art. 5-1-a) AFTER CONVICTION" "(Art. 5-1-c) REASONABLY NECESSARY TO PREVENT OFFENCE" "(Art. 7-1) HEAVIER PENALTY" "(Art. 7-1) NULLA POENA SINE LEGE" "(Art. 7-1) RETROACTIVITY"

Application Documents 1

M. v. GERMANY

Court (Fifth Section) Decision

01/07/2008

References 37

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	1 MONNE c. FRANCE Court (Fifth Section) Decision	01/04/2008
	42 MOOREN v. GERMANY 5-4, 5-1 Court (Fifth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	13/12/2007
	38 NASRULLOYEV v. RUSSIA 5-1-f, 5-4 Court (First Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	11/10/2007
	14 VAN DER VELDEN v. THE NETHERLANDS Court (Third Section) Decision	07/12/2006
	53 SAADI v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 5-2, 5-1 Court (Fourth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	11/07/2006
	48 KAFKARIS v. CYPRUS Court (First Section) Decision	11/04/2006
	7 UTTLEY v. THE UNITED KINGDOM Court (Fourth Section) Decision	29/11/2005
	25 ACHOUR v. FRANCE 7 Court (First Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	10/11/2004
	18 GRAVA v. ITALY 5-1, 7-1 Court (First Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	10/07/2003
	28 WAITE v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 5-4, 5-3, 5-1, 14 Court (Fourth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	10/12/2002
	61 STAFFORD v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 5-1, 5-4 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	28/05/2002
	149 STRELETZ, KESSLER AND KRENZ v. GERMANY 7-1, 14, 7 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	22/03/2001
	108 COEME AND OTHERS v. BELGIUM 6-1, 6-1, 7 Court (Second Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	22/06/2000
	82 WITOLD LITWA v. POLAND 5-1 Court (Second Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	04/04/2000
	174 BARANOWSKI v. POLAND 5-1, 5-4 Court (First Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	28/03/2000
	22 KARATAS v. TURKEY 10, 6-1 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	08/07/1999
	14 ADAMSON v. THE UNITED KINGDOM Court (Third Section) Decision	26/01/1999
	74 STEEL AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 5-1, 10, 5-1, 5-5, 6-3-a, 10 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	23/09/1998
	52 ERKALO v. THE NETHERLANDS 5-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	02/09/1998
	68 CANTONI v. FRANCE 7 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	15/11/1996
	433 AMUUR v. FRANCE 5-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	25/06/1996
	52 C.R. v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 7-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	22/11/1995
	43 S.W. v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 7-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	22/11/1995
	26 JAMIL v. FRANCE 7-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	08/06/1995
	49 WELCH v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 7 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	09/02/1995
	234 KOKKINAKIS v. GREECE 9, 7 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	25/05/1993
	1 DAX v. GERMANY COMMISSION Decision	07/07/1992
	126 WEEKS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 5-4, 5-1 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits)	02/03/1987
	17 HOGBEN v. THE UNITED KINGDOM Commission (Plenary) Decision	03/03/1986
	92 VAN DROOGENBROECK v. BELGIUM 5-4, 5-1, 4 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits)	24/06/1982
	210 GUZZARDI v. ITALY 5-1, 3, 6, 9, 8 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	06/11/1980
	251 WINTERWERP v. THE NETHERLANDS 5-4, 6-1, 5-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	24/10/1979
	1 X. v. the NETHERLANDS Commission (Plenary) Decision	26/05/1975
	2 X. v. THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY Commission (Plenary) Decision	04/02/1971
	2 X. v. NORWAY Commission (Plenary) Decision	24/07/1970
	4 X. v. DENMARK Commission (Plenary) Decision	14/12/1965

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