PARADYGMAT ZAKAZU ZŁEGO TRAKTOWANIA W KONTEKŚCIE KARY DOŻYWOTNIEGO POZBAWIENIA WOLNOŚCI (ARTYKUŁ 3 EUROPEJSKIEJ KONWENCJI PRAW CZŁOWIEKA)

Elżbieta Hanna Morawska

doi:10.21697/zp.2020.20.3.09

Published: 2020-11-26

Vol. 20 No. 3 (2020)

The Paradigm of the Prohibition of Ill-Treatment in the Context of Life Imprisonment (Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights)

Elżbieta Hanna Morawska

Zeszyty Prawnicze

Section: Artykuły

https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2020.20.3.09

Abstract

The framework of the analysis conducted in this article is based on three multifaceted research problems. The first one is related to the complex structure of the prohibition of ill-treatment and the degree of its absoluteness: the prohibition is unqualified and unconditional. The second concerns the material scope of the rights of persons sentenced to absolute imprisonment. The third problem deals with the structure and nature, content (subject matter) and means of performing the obligations of the State Party, correlated with these rights.

These three research problems focus on the ECHR on absolute imprisonment under the Art. 3 of the ECHR. A review of the case-law shows the Strasbourg bodies first assessed the compatibility of sentencing a minor oﬀender to the above sentence, then addressed the issue of the admissibility of deportation a person from a State Party to the ECHR to a State, where there is a real risk of being sentenced to such a sentence and finally determined the conditions for sentencing the adult oﬀender to such a sentence.

Due to limited framework of the article, the first two issues are not discussed in the article.

The answers to these research questions seem to have not only theoretical but also practical aspect as they make it possible to assess the changes in Polish criminal law of 2019 with regard to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Keywords:

European Convention on Human Rights; prohibition of degrading treatment and punishment; an absolute sentence to life imprisonment; prospect of early release; possibility of review; social rehabilitation of prisoners serving life sentences.

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Morawska, E. H. (2020). The Paradigm of the Prohibition of Ill-Treatment in the Context of Life Imprisonment (Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights). Zeszyty Prawnicze, 20(3), 237–263. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2020.20.3.09

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