Presidential pardon and the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in Hungary

• Authors: Anita Nagy
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article introduces the Hungarian Presidential pardon and new compulsory Presidential pardon system. It is based on research carried out in the Ministry of Justice at the Pardon Department, where several dozen petition pardons were analysed. In connection with the compulsory Presidential pardon the article examines the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, which has condemned Hungary for its adoption of real (whole) life imprisonment. Results from a study of petitions for pardon are given.

Keywords

EN

pardon; conditional release; ECHR; life imprisonment; empirical research

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Nowa kodyfikacja prawa karnego
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 38
• Pages: 155-165

Contributors

author

Anita Nagy

• University of Miskolc