%0 Journal Article 
%A Terradillos Basoco, Juan María
%A Martín Aragón, María del Mar
%T Principle of legality and European justice: an unfinished road
%D 2023
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33004
%X The principle of legality – nullum crimen [1], nulla poena sine lege [2] – requires the
criminal law – lex poenalis [3] – to define the criminalised conducts – lex certa [4] –,
so that citizens, being aware of them, can refrain from committing them in the
future – lex praevia [5].
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has analysed the nullum crimen
sine lege as a general principle and the basis of Rule of Law State.1 For this purpose,
the ECtHR has taken as a first reference the European Convention for the
Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) and its Protocols,
but also the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFREU). They
all guarantee the minimum level of protection of human rights stablished by
international law.
%K Principle of legality
%K European Justice
%~ Universidad de Cádiz