finally acquitted or convicted in accordance with the law and penal procedure of
that State. (Article 4 (1) protocol 7 ECHR)
The provisions of the proceeding paragraph shall not prevent the reopening of
the case in accordance with the law and penal procedure of the State concerned,
if there is evidence of newly discovered facts, or if there has been a fundamental
defect in the proceedings, which could affect the outcome of the case. (Article 4
(2) protocol 7 ECHR)
No one shall be liable to be tried or punished again for an offence for which he
has already been finally convicted or acquitted in accordance with the law and
penal procedure of each country. (Article 14 (7) ICCPR)
Slavery
No one shall be held in slavery; slavery and the slave-trade in all their forms shall
be prohibited. (Article 8 (1) ICCPR)
No one shall be held in servitude. (Article 8 (2) ICCPR)
Right to compensation
Anyone who has been the victim of unlawful arrest or detention shall have an
enforceable right to compensation. (Article 9 (5) ICCPR)
When a person has by a final decision been convicted of a criminal offence and
when subsequently his conviction has been reversed or he has been pardoned
on the ground that a new or newly discovered fact shows conclusively that there
has been a miscarriage of justice, the person who has suffered punishment as
a result of such conviction shall be compensated according to law, unless it is
proved that the non-disclosure of the unknown fact in time is wholly or partly
attributable to him. (Article 14 (6) ICCPR)
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