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In
sum
,
the
majority
abandon
the
autonomous
meaning
of
the
word
“
penalty
”
in
Article
7
of
the
Convention
,
indeed
they
abandon
the
principle
of
autonomous
interpretation
of
the
Convention
,
which
was
crafted
to
avoid
the
Court
being
trapped
in
the
intricacies
of
domestic
law
and
allow
it
to
go
behind
appearances
.
Interestingly
,
the
majority
do
not
recall
the
considerations
to
that
respect
that
the
Court
made
in
M.
v.
Germany
.[277
]
There
,
the
Court
said
that
,
even
though
the
“
preventive
detention
”
was
considered
a
security
measure
in
German
law
,
the
concept
of
“
penalty
”
in
Article
7
is
autonomous
in
scope
and
it
is
thus
for
the
Court
to
determine
whether
a
particular
measure
should
be
qualified
as
a
penalty
,
without
being
bound
by
the
qualification
of
the
measure
under
domestic
law
.
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