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Petschulies v Germany

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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Petschulies v Germany
   
Issue: Whether the retrospective extension of the maximum period of preventive detention and its application to a person who had a dissocial personality disorder with psychopathic tendencies and who was detained in a hospital setting breached Art 5(1)(e) ECHR.
   
Court: ECtHR
   
Reference:   6281/13
   
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Judge(s): G Yudkivska (President), A Nußberger, E Møse, A Potocki, Y Grozev, C Ranzoni, M Mits
   
Date: 2 June 2016