CASE OF R.B. v. ITALY

CASE OF R.B. v. ITALY

Application No: 20409/23

Articles: 7, 7-1

Respondent state: ITA

Date: 2026-07-16

Conclusion:

No violation of Article 7 - No punishment without law (Article 7-1 - Nulla poena sine lege; Nullum crimen sine lege)

Subject classification: Alimuçaj v. Albania, no. 20134/05, §§ 154 62, 7 February 2012; Bădescu and Others v. Romania, no. 22198/18, § 125, 15 April 2025; Bavčar v. Slovenia, no. 17053/20, 7 September 2023; Cantoni v. France, 15 November 1996, § 29, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996 V; Del Río Prada v. Spain [GC], no. 42750/09, ECHR 2013; Dragotoniu and Militaru-Pidhorni v. Romania, nos. 77193/01 and 77196/01, 24 May 2007; G.I.E.M. S.r.l. and Others v. Italy [GC], nos. 1828/06 and 2 others, 28 June 2018; Huhtamäki v. Finland, no. 54468/09, § 50, 6 March 2012; Jorgic v. Germany, no. 74613/01, § 109, ECHR 2007 III; Kafkaris v. Cyprus [GC], no. 21906/04, § 140, ECHR 2008; Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev v. Russia, nos. 11082/06 and 13772/05, § 821, 25 July 2013; Kokkinakis v. Greece, 25 May 1993, § 52, Series A no. 260 A; Parmak and Bakır v. Turkey, nos. 22429/07 and 25195/07, 3 December 2019; Pessino v. France, no. 40403/02, §§ 35 36, 10 October 2006; Radomilja and Others v. Croatia [GC], no. 37685/10, §§ 114 and 126, 20 March 2018; S.W. v. the United Kingdom, 22 November 1995, § 36, Series A no. 335 B; Saakashvili v. Georgia, nos. 6232/20 and 22394/20, § 152, 23 May 2024; Sacharuk v. Lithuania, no. 39300/18, 23 April 2024; Streletz, Kessler and Krenz v. Germany [GC], nos. 34044/96 and 2 others, § 50, ECHR 2001 II; Total S.A. and Vitol S.A. v. France, nos. 34634/18 and 43546/18, § 55, 12 October 2023; Tristan v. the Republic of Moldova, no. 13451/15, § 51, 4 July 2023; X and Others v. Bulgaria [GC], no. 22457/16, § 179, 2 February 2021; Yüksel Yalçınkaya v. Türkiye [GC], no. 15669/20, 26 September 2023; Žaja v. Croatia, no. 37462/09, § 64, 4 October 2016