Tokens: “
it
is
legitimate
and
foreseeable
for
a
successor
State
[
17
]
to
bring
criminal
proceedings
against
persons
who
have
committed
crimes
under
a
former
regime
and
that
successor
courts
can
not
be
criticised
for
applying
and
interpreting
the
legal
provisions
in
force
at
the
material
time
during
the
former
regime
,
but
in
the
light
of
the
principles
governing
a
State
subject
to
the
rule
of
law
and
having
regard
to
the
core
principles
on
which
the
Convention
system
is
built
.
It
is
especially
the
case
when
the
matter
at
issue
concerns
the
right
to
life
,
a
supreme
value
in
the
Convention
and
international
hierarchy
of
human
rights
and
which
right
Contracting
Parties
have
a
primary
Convention
obligation
to
protect
.
As
well
as
the
obligation
on
a
State
to
prosecute
drawn
from
the
laws
and
customs
of
war
,
Article
2
of
the
Convention
also
enjoins
the
States
to
take
appropriate
steps
to
safeguard
the
lives
of
those
within
their
jurisdiction
and
implies
a
primary
duty
to
secure
the
right
to
life
by
putting
in
place
effective
criminal
-
law
provisions
to
deter
the
commission
of
offences
which
endanger
life
(
see
Streletz
,
Kessler
and
Krenz
[
v.
Germany
[
GC
]
,
nos
.
34044/96
and
2
others
]
,
§
§
72
and
79
-
86
[
,
ECHR
2001‑II
]
,
and
K.-H.W.
v.
Germany
[
[
GC
]
,
no
.
37201/97
]
,
§
§
66
and
82
-
89
[
,
ECHR
2001‑II
]
)
.
It
is
sufficient
for
present
purposes
to
note
that
the
above
-
cited
principles
are
applicable
to
a
change
of
regime
of
the
nature
which
took
place
in
Latvia
following
the
declarations
of
independence
of
1990
and
1991
(
see
paragraphs
27
-
29
and
210
above
)
.
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