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  • Joanna Demopoulou

A Conviction Void in Strasbourg but Still in Force at Home: Kavala v. Türkiye (No. 2) and Article 46 ECHR

October 06, 2026

By Joanna Demopoulou On 25 August 2026 the Grand Chamber held that Osman Kavala’s criminal conviction ‘should be regarded, under Convention law, as null and void’ (Kavala v. Türkiye (No. 2), § 309). Article 46 ECHR reasoning is ordinarily oriented towards obligations, results and measures: what the respondent State must achieve, and by what means, […]

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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: […]

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