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Hayes v. the United Kingdom: The ECtHR steps into stage two – and away from Vinter?
In Hayes and Others v. UK, the European Court of Human Rights has, for the first time, applied the second limb of the Sanchez-Sanchez test. The case marks a subtle but significant recalibration of the Court’s stance on irreducible life sentences, and appears to distance the extradition context from the more robust protections established in Vinter v. UK.
Giulia Borgna
Aug 15 min read
Hafeez v. the United Kingdom and the operation of Article 3 in the extradition context
The ECtHR miss the chance to clarify the extent of the revised approach to Article 3 issues regarding the imposition of life imprisonment...
Matteo Zamboni
Apr 24, 20237 min read
Estradizione: La Corte EDU sospende la consegna verso gli USA per violazione art. 3 CEDU
La questione del c.d. “imprisonment for life without eligibility for parole” è stata ed è tuttora oggetto di numerosi casi posti...
Walter De Agostino
May 1, 20213 min read
Bivolaru and Moldovan v. France: The first violation of ECHR as a result of the execution of an EAW
The case of Bivolaru and Moldovan is the first one in which the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or the Court) found that the...
Matteo Zamboni
Mar 31, 202110 min read
Extradition to Italy should be stayed amid the coronavirus health crisis
The World Health Organization (“WHO”) has qualified the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, a pandemic representing a worldwide spread of the...
Giulia Borgna
Mar 30, 20206 min read
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