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Despite
the
fact
that
the
conception
of
multipolar
relations
derives
from
the
area
of
civil
law
,
with
this
construction
,
the
Constitutional
Court
has
empowered
itself
to
weigh
in
other
delicate
areas
,
like
criminal
law
,
the
consequences
of
observing
the
Court
’s
judgments
against
the
expected
infringements
of
the
fundamental
rights
of
the
public
or
potential
victims
.
Hence
,
even
in
areas
in
which
absolute
rights
on
the
part
of
the
offender
are
to
be
respected
,
such
as
criminal
law
,
human
rights
are
subjected
to
a
balancing
exercise
,
which
may
result
in
the
opposite
of
what
the
Constitutional
Court
originally
set
out
to
achieve
–
namely
that
the
application
of
the
Basic
Law
could
only
lead
to
a
stronger
protection
of
Convention
rights
,
not
to
their
weakening
.
This
weakening
is
exactly
what
did
happen
after
M.
v.
Germany
.
The
Constitutional
Court
’s
claim
that
it
is
competent
to
recalibrate
,
in
the
light
of
the
Basic
Law
,
the
different
rights
and
interests
at
stake
after
the
Court
delivered
its
final
judgment
deprived
offenders
in
preventive
detention
of
their
Convention
right
to
the
observance
of
the
principle
of
nulla
poena
sine
lege
praevia
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