Non-retroactivity is the legal principle that laws do not apply retroactively, whether international laws such as treaties or in criminal law (opposing ex post facto law).[1][2][3][4][5][6] [7]

References

  1. ^ Dörr, Oliver; Schmalenbach, Kirsten (2011). "Article 4. Non-retroactivity of the present Convention". Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: A Commentary. Springer. pp. 81–88. ISBN 978-3-642-19291-3.
  2. ^ Buyse, Antoine (2006). "A Lifeline in Time – Non-retroactivity and Continuing Violations under the ECHR". Nordic Journal of International Law. 75 (1): 63–88. doi:10.1163/157181006778530803.
  3. ^ Cassese, Antonio (2006). "Balancing the Prosecution of Crimes against Humanity and Non-Retroactivity of Criminal Law". Journal of International Criminal Justice. 4 (2): 410–418. doi:10.1093/jicj/mql016.
  4. ^ Fallon, Richard H.; Meltzer, Daniel J. (1991). "New Law, Non-Retroactivity, and Constitutional Remedies". Harvard Law Review. 104 (8): 1731–1833. doi:10.2307/1341619. ISSN 0017-811X.
  5. ^ Beytagh, Francis X. (1975). "Ten Years of Non-Retroactivity: A Critique and a Proposal". Virginia Law Review. 61 (8): 1557–1625. doi:10.2307/1072226. ISSN 0042-6601.
  6. ^ Spiga, V. (2011). "Non-retroactivity of Criminal Law: A New Chapter in the Hissene Habre Saga". Journal of International Criminal Justice. 9 (1): 5–23. doi:10.1093/jicj/mqq081.
  7. ^ Kryvoi, Y.; Matos, S. (2021). "Non-Retroactivity as a General Principle of Law". Utrecht Law Review. 17 (1): 46–58. doi:10.36633/ulr.604.
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