Subject matter: Identification by the police – obligation to carry an identity document Keywords: Right to freedom Right to security Internal security Public safety Police measure Principle that crimes must already be typified Principle of the prohibition on excess Identity controls Preventive identification Duty to identify oneself |
RULING Nº 479/94
7 of July of 1994
Summary:
The judgment ruled to be unconstitutional provisions whereby, in a place not frequented by criminals, a citizen not suspected of having committed any crime could be subjected to a police identity check and, as a result, detained for up to six hours on grounds of internal security.
Supplementary information:
The judgment also looks at regulations governing identity documents and police checking of identity documents in various European countries.