European Convention on Human Rights

ECHR - Protocol 7: Crime and family

Protocol 7 – crime and family

· Article 1 provides for a right to fair procedures for lawfully resident foreigners facing expulsion.

· Article 2 provides for the right to appeal in criminal matters.

· Article 3 provides for compensation for the victims of miscarriages of justice.

· Article 4 prohibits the re-trial of anyone who has already been finally acquitted or convicted of a particular offence (Double jeopardy).

· Article 5 provides for equality between spouses.

Despite having signed the protocol more than thirty years ago Germany and the Netherlands have never ratified it. Turkey, which signed the protocol in 1985, ratified it in 2016, becoming the latest member state to do so. The United Kingdom has neither signed nor ratified the protocol.