THUNE            MM.    G. JÖRUNDSSON                  J.

He then left the country, going first to Trinidad and Tobago and later to the Dominican Republic. 8.

The second applicant has been serving a life sentence under the “special regime” since 1999, when his death sentence imposed in 1990 was commuted to a life sentence by an act of presidential clemency.

In 1999 he had been refused disability status and thus needed no special footwear.

The Minister of Justice had merely suggested that those CPS which had jurisdiction in such cases were to review decisions on maintaining individuals in compulsory confinement with the necessary clemency

Thus, it may strike out applications under Article   37 §   1 (c) on the basis of a unilateral declaration by a respondent Government even if the applicants wish the examination of the case to

Pre-trial detention legally could last no longer than two months, but in exceptional cases it could be extended to one year if an investigator made such a request to the prosecutor general.

THUNE         Sir Basil HALL         MM. F. MARTINEZ             C.L.

  Clemeno and Others v. Italy (no. 19537/03) The 12 applicants are Italian nationals. They are all members of the same family.

Thus to this extent the applicants did have access to court.

Thus, unlike in D.G. v. Poland (cited above), the situation in the present case was not one where the applicant’s welfare was entrusted to his cellmates.

Considering that those family difficulties had only been temporary, the applicant submitted that by opting for cutting off the maternal bond rather than taking the requisite measures to support and assist

THUNE         Sir Basil HALL         MM. F. MARTINEZ             C.L.

adjudication of an acquittal or a court decision terminating criminal proceedings is permitted only during the statutory limitation period for criminal liability specified in the Law, and not later than

Gartner, Public Prosecutor, Criminal and Clemency Cases Department, Federal Ministry of Justice, Advisers.   THE LAW   1.

  Il a été représenté par Maître Clemente Corigliano et l'est actuellement par Maître Pietro Catanoso, avocat au barreau de Reggio Calabria.   3.

On 3 September 2014 the Vice ‑ President of Bulgaria, exercising the constitutional prerogative to grant clemency, commuted the applicant’s whole-life sentence to a “simple-life” sentence (see paragraph

    No restrictions shall be placed on the exercise of these rights other than such as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or

The United States authorities have thus limited themselves to the mere transmission of the text of the Order to the Governor of Arizona.

Thus, the assessment of the ECtHR did not condemn a positive (existing) legal provision applied by the courts but found that the lack of a regulatory framework was in breach of the Convention.