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  • Basil Saen

Jesus Pinhal v. Portugal: calibrating or carving out an absolute right?

November 13, 2026

By Basil Saen In Jesus Pinhal v. Portugal, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court or the ECtHR) reshapes the ne bis in idem test under Article 4 of Protocol No. 7 to the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention or the ECHR), which guarantees the right not to be tried or punished […]