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  • Marilena Katsogiannou

Can Article 7 ECHR be absorbed? Criminal legality in Kavala v. Türkiye (no. 2)

October 02, 2026

By Marilena Katsogiannou Among the striking features of the Grand Chamber’s judgment in Kavala v. Türkiye (no. 2) is the way it dealt with Kavala’s expressly pleaded Article 7 complaint. It identified the defects at its core, but did not decide the complaint under this provision. Article 7 ECHR embodies the principle of criminal legality: […]