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RECURSO DE CONSTITUCIONALIDADE | PRISÃO PREVENTIVA | MOBILIDADE DA ETNIA CIGANA | |

 

Constitutional Court, judgment 255/2004, 14.04.2004

 

JURISDICTION: Constitutional

SUBJECT: Constitutional appeal

RAPPORTEUR: Paulo Mota Pinto

RULING: Dismisses the complaint, confirming the summary ruling which had dismissed the constitutional appeal on the grounds that the contested judgment had not applied Article 204(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure with the meaning that the defendant’s ethnicity, due to the mobility that characterises the Roma, would in itself represent a flight risk.

DOMESTIC LAW:

Constitutional Court Act [Articles 70(1)(b), 78-A]

Code of Criminal Procedure [Article 204(a)]

INTERNATIONAL LAW: n.a.

FOREIGN LAW: n.a.

KEYWORDS: Constitutional appeal; complaint; pretrial detention; Roma mobility; flight risk; street vendor; unstable lifestyle; Roma individuals; social alarm; characteristics specific to the Roma ethnicity; inferences on the basis of the defendant’s ethnic origin; easier movement of persons and goods; defendant’s personality

COMMENTS: Coming soon.

REFERENCES IN THE LITERATURE:

FRIEDRICH, Nicole, Diferença Cultural Sub Judice: Minorias Étnicas na Jurisprudência dos Tribunais Superiores Portugueses [Cultural Difference in Court: Ethnic Minorities in the Case Law of Portuguese Higher Courts], Braga, University of Minho, 2022, available at https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/?locale=en.

 

 

REFERENCES IN THE LITERATURE: n.a.

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Posted inROMA MOBILITY PRETRIAL DETENTION CONSTITUTIONAL APPEAL
TagsSocial Alarm Characteristics Specific to the Roma Ethnicity Inferences on the Basis of the Defendant’s Ethnic Origin Roma Individuals Easier Movement of Persons and Goods Roma Mobility Unstable Lifestyle Flight Risk Defendant’s Personality Pretrial Detention Complaint Constitutional Appeal Street Vendor