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WA v Switzerland

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
14.04
WA v Switzerland
   
Issue: Whether an order for preventive detention made in 2013 in relation to convictions in 1993 leading to a sentence of imprisonment that expired in 2010, and based on legislative changes effective from 2007 but also fresh evidence of the nature of the person’s mental disorder, breached Arts 5(1) and 7 ECHR and Protocol 7 Art 4.
   
Court: ECtHR (3rd Section)
   
Reference:   ECtHR (3rd Section)
   
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Judge(s): G Ravarani (President), GA Serghides, D Dedov, D Pavli, A Seibert-Fohr, A Zünd, F Krenc
   
Date: 44502