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That
being
so
,
we
can
not
accept
that
under
the
procedure
currently
in
place
in
Cyprus
the
applicant
has
a
real
and
tangible
prospect
of
release
,
and
we
therefore
consider
that
there
has
been
a
violation
of
Article
3
of
the
Convention
on
that
account
.
Unless
one
chooses
to
ignore
reality
,
a
sentence
of
life
imprisonment
,
with
no
hope
of
release
,
attains
the
level
of
severity
required
for
Article
3
of
the
Convention
to
apply
and
constitutes
inhuman
and
degrading
treatment
.
As
Judge
Bratza
asserts
in
his
partly
concurring
opinion
,
we
likewise
believe
that
“
the
time
has
come
when
the
Court
should
clearly
affirm
that
the
imposition
of
an
irreducible
life
sentence
,
even
on
an
adult
offender
,
is
in
principle
inconsistent
with
Article
3
of
the
Convention
”
.
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