Kto się za nami wstawi?
Who will stand up for us?

Life prisoners’ appeals to Commissioner for Human Rights

Author(s): Barbara Błońska
Subject(s): Criminal Law
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: life imprisonment; motions and complaints of the prisoners; National Preventive Mechanism; European Court for Human Rights
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the problems reported to the Commissioner for Human Rights by life prisoners, the way in which these cases were handled by the Commissioner and the changes in the situation of this group of prisoners induced by the jurisprudence of the ECHR.

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