McCutcheon, J.P. and Coffey, G.

2006

November

Report into Determination of Life Sentences

Dublin

Irish Human Rights Commission

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Life sentences; criminal justice; parole; judicial review

This report evaluates the determination of life sentences in the light of the European Convention of Human Rights and the associated jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights. The principal conclusion is that current Irish law does not comply with European human rights law.

Irish Human Rights Commission

http://www.ihrc.ie/download/pdf/report_determination_life_sentences.pdf

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