CASE OF DEL RÍO PRADA v. SPAIN
Hearing: Del Rio Prada v. Spain (no. 42750/09 ) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2013-03-20 00:00:00)
Application no.: 42750/09
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2013-10-21 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2013:1021JUD004275009
Respondent state: ESP
Articles of the Convention: 5;5-1;7;7-1;41;46;46-2
Judges: Aleš Pejchal;Alvina Gyulumyan;Ann Power-Forde;Corneliu Bîrsan;Dean Spielmann;Egbert Myjer;Elisabeth Steiner;George Nicolaou;Guido Raimondi;Ineta Ziemele;Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre;Ján Šikuta;Johannes Silvis;Josep Casadevall;Ledi Bianku;Luis López Guerra;Mark Villiger;Nona Tsotsoria;Paul Lemmens;Paul Mahoney
Represented by: SWAROOP S. ; MULLER M. ; IVERS M. ; ROUGET D. ;  IZKO ARAMENDIA A. ; AIARTZA AZURTZA U.
Issue: Section 988 of the Criminal Procedure Act ; Articles 70.2 and 100 of the 1973 Criminal Code;  Article 78 of the amended Criminal Code of 1995; Organic Law no. 7/2003 introducing reforms to ensure the full and effective execution of sentences.
Strasbourg case-law cited: Achour v. France [GC], no 67335/01, ECHR 2006-IV;Aleksanyan v. Russia, no 46468/06, §§ 239-240, 22 December 2008;Alimuçaj v. Albania, no 20134/05, §§ 154-162, 7 February 2012;Amuur v. France, 25 June 1996, § 50, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996-III;Assanidze v. Georgia [GC], no 71503/01, §§ 202-203, ECHR 2004-II;Baranowski v. Poland, no 28358/95, § 52, ECHR 2000-III;Baskaya and Okçuoglu v. Turkey [GC], nos. 23536/94 and 24408/94, §§ 42-43, ECHR 1999-IV;Boulois v. Luxembourg [GC], no 37575/04, §§ 98-99, ECHR 2012;Broniowski v. Poland [GC], no 31443/96, § 194, ECHR 2004-V;C.R. v. the United Kingdom, 22 November 1995, Series A no 335-C;Cantoni v. France, 15 November 1996, § 29, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996-V;Çelikkaya v. Turkey (dec.), no 34026/03, 1er June 2010;Coëme and Others v. Belgium, nos. 32492/96, 32547/96, 32548/96, 33209/96 and 33210/96, § 145, ECHR 2000-VII;Creanga v. Romania [GC], no 29226/03, § 101, 23 February 2012;Dragotoniu and Militaru-Pidhorni v. Romania, nos. 77193/01 and 77196/01, §§ 43-44, 24 May 2007;E.K. v. Turkey, no 28496/95, § 51, 7 February 2002;Ecer and Zeyrek v. Turkey, nos. 29295/95 and 29363/95, § 36, ECHR 2001-II;Fatullayev v. Azerbaijan, no 40984/07, §§ 176-177, 22 April 2010;Giza v. Poland (dec.), no 1997/11, § 31, 23 October 2012;Grava v. Italy, no. 43522/98, 10 July 2003;Grosskopf v. Germany, no 24478/03, § 44, 21 October 2010;Guzzardi v. Italy, 6 November 1980, § 100, Series A no 39;Hogben v. the United Kingdom, no 11635/85, decision of the Commission de March 1986, Décisions and Rapports (DR) 46;Hosein v. the United Kingdom, no 26293/95, decision of the Commission du 28 February 1996;Irfan Kalan v. Turkey (dec.), no 73561/01, 2 October 2001;Jamil v. France, 8 June 1995, Series A no 317-B;K.-H.W. v. Germany [GC], no 37201/97, § 85, ECHR 2001-II (extracts);Kafkaris v. Cyprus [GC], no. 21906/04, ECHR 2008;Kokkinakis v. Greece, 25 May 1993, Series A no 260-A;Kononov v. Latvia [GC], no 36376/04, § 185, ECHR 2010;Korbely v. Hungary [GC], no 9174/02, § 71, ECHR 2008;Kruslin v. France, 24 April 1990, § 29, Series A no 176-A;L.-G.R. v. Sweden, no 27032/95, decision of the Commission du 15 January 1997;M. v. Germany, no 19359/04, § 90, ECHR 2009;Macedo da Costa v. Luxembourg (dec.), no 26619/07, 5 June 2012;Maktouf and Damjanovic v. Bosnia and Herzegovina [GC], nos. 2312/08 and 34179/08, § 75, 18 July 2013;Mihai Toma v. Romania, no 1051/06, §§ 26-31, 24 January 2012;Monne v. France (dec.), no 39420/06, 1er April 2008;Oshurko v. Ukraine, no 33108/05, § 98, 8 September 2011;Pessino v. France, no 40403/02, §§ 35-36, 10 October 2006;Pilla v. Italy, no 64088/00, § 41, 2 March 2006;S.W. v. the United Kingdom, 22 November 1995, Series A no 335-B,;Sahin Karatas v. Turkey, no 16110/03, § 37, 17 June 2008;Scoppola v. Italy (no. 2) [GC], no. 10249/03, § 147, 17 September 2009;Scozzari and Giunta v. Italy [GC], nos. 39221/98 and 41963/98, § 249, ECHR 2000-VIII;Stafford v. the United Kingdom [GC], no 46295/99, § 64, ECHR 2002-IV;Stanev v. Bulgaria [GC], no 36760/06, §§ 255-258, ECHR 2012;Streletz, Kessler and Krenz v. Germany [GC], nos.. 34044/96, 35532/97 and 44801/98, § 50, ECHR 2001-II;Szabó v. Sweden (dec.), no 28578/03, 27 June 2006;Uttley v. the United Kingdom, (dec.), no 36946/03, 29 November 2005;Van der Velden v. the Netherlands (dec.), no 29514/05, ECHR 2006-XV;Van Droogenbroeck v. Belgium, 24 June 1982, Series A no 50;Verein gegen Tierfabriken Schweiz (VgT) v. Switzerland (no 2) [GC], no 32772/02, § 85, ECHR 2009;Weeks v. the United Kingdom, 2 March 1987, Series A no 114, § 42;Welch v. the United Kingdom, 9 February 1995, Series A no 307-A
Conclusion: Violation of Article 7 - No punishment without law (Article 7-1 - Heavier penalty;Nulla poena sine lege;Retroactivity);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention);Respondent State to take individual measures (Article 46-2 - Individual measures);Non-pecuniary damage - award
Separate opinion: TRUE