Information Note on the Court’s case-law 226

February 2019

Tiunov v. Russia (communicated case) - 29442/18

Article 4

Article 4-2

Forced labour

Penalty of community work for administrative offence: communicated

In 2012 the penalty of community work was introduced into the federal Code of Administrative Offences (CAO) for offences relating to public rallies. In 2013 the Constitutional Court declare d this penalty unconstitutional and instructed the federal legislator to amend the CAO. In 2017 the applicant was sentenced to thirty hours of community work for having taken part in an unlawful rally. He did not serve that sentence and, in separate procee dings, he was convicted of the offence of non-compliance with a sentence imposed in a CAO case and sentenced to three days of detention.

Communicated under Articles 4, 5 § 1, 6 § 1, 7, 10 and 11 of the Convention.

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