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The
Court
describes
its
task
in
the
present
case
as
follows
:
“
[
I]t
is
necessary
for
the
Court
to
examine
the
criterion
of
foreseeability
in
the
present
case
.
More
specifically
,
it
must
determine
objectively
whether
a
plausible
legal
basis
existed
on
which
to
convict
the
applicant
of
a
war
crime
and
,
subjectively
,
whether
at
the
material
time
the
applicant
could
reasonably
have
foreseen
that
his
conduct
would
make
him
guilty
of
such
an
offence
”
(
see
paragraph
122
of
the
judgment
)
.
In
so
doing
,
it
treats
the
case
as
being
within
the
ambit
of
Article
7
§
1
.
It
does
not
explain
that
choice
and
makes
no
comparison
with
the
existing
case
-
law
or
attempt
to
distinguish
this
case
from
other
similar
cases
.
It
advances
a
rather
circular
explanation
,
saying
that
because
the
Court
has
chosen
to
examine
the
case
under
Article
7
§
1
it
does
not
need
also
to
examine
it
under
Article
7
§
2
(
see
paragraph
147
of
the
judgment
)
.
As
the
judgment
recognises
,
until
now
the
Court
has
always
dealt
with
cases
involving
international
crimes
under
Article
7
§
2
.
In
the
past
,
the
Court
has
always
held
that
,
in
principle
,
the
prosecution
and
punishment
of
international
crimes
committed
many
years
ago
is
not
contrary
to
the
Convention
where
Article
7
§
2
rule
applies
.
The
standard
was
explained
in
the
case
of
Touvier
(
see
Touvier
v.
France
,
no
.
29420/95
,
Commission
decision
of
13
January
1997
,
Decisions
and
Reports
(
DR
)
)
in
which
the
Commission
explained
:
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