Veeber Case

Abstract

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — Judgment of European Court of Human Rights — Whether providing ground for reassessment of conviction — Estonian Code of Criminal Procedure — Reopening of municipal proceedings — Estonian Constitution 1992 — Role of treaties in municipal legal order — Whether treaties having priority over municipal law in case of conflict — Duty to guarantee rights under European Convention — Amendment of municipal procedural law — Review of Estonian court cases — Whether reopening of municipal proceedings justified — Whether other effective means of remedy

Human rights — No punishment without law — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 7(1) — Reopening of municipal proceedings — The law of Estonia