{"id":6851,"date":"2024-11-06T10:40:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T10:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/?post_type=blog&p=6851"},"modified":"2024-11-08T11:23:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T11:23:48","slug":"acordao-471-2024","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/en\/blog\/acordao-471-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional Court Recognizes Constitutionality of Law Granting Amnesty for Crimes Committed by \u201cYoung People\u201d During World Youth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Case No. 1112<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Constitutional Court, through Ruling No. 471\/2024<\/strong>, decided on the constitutionality of a law that grants amnesty for crimes committed by \"young people\" during World Youth Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This concerns a criminal procedure in which the accused was charged with \u201cthe crime of driving without a legal license and the crime of driving under the influence of alcohol.\u201d The Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office appealed to the Constitutional Court to challenge the constitutionality of \u201cthe age limit of 30 years, imposed by the provision described in Article 2, No. 1 of Law No. 38-A\/2023, of August 2, as materially unconstitutional, due to a violation of the norm of Article 13, No. 2 of the Constitution and considering the partial unconstitutionality of the 30-year age limit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prominent issue addressed by the Constitutional Court concerned the analysis of the constitutionality of the age criterion for applying the amnesty provision under Law No. 38-A\/2023, in light of the equality imperative set forth in Article 13, No. 2 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this regard, the ruling noted that \u201cthe principle of equality has particular implications in criminal law.\u201d Thus, it would be possible to differentiate the treatment of offenders depending on their characteristics, the context in which they are situated, or the consequences of their actions, provided that the criteria presented for this differentiation are materially founded and reasonable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was highlighted that \u201cthe Constitution only prohibits differentiated treatment of situations when it appears arbitrary, without material foundation, and it is necessary to specify the meaning of legal equality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Constitutional Court, maintaining its established position, opted to reaffirm its limited role in overseeing legislative activity without delving more specifically into the motivations behind legislative acts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision also stated that \u201cit is not for the Constitutional Court to assess the appropriateness of the qualification of \u2018young people\u2019 when applied to individuals up to 30 years old,\u201d but rather to recognize that there is an objective connection that ensures a minimally coherent justification when comparing the age limit determined by the legislator with the context of the celebration associated with the amnesty (World Youth Day), \u201cwhich is sufficient to conclude that the criterion for distinguishing the recipients of the provision is not arbitrary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is worth noting that the decision was not unanimous, and the dissenting opinions are part of the ruling. In his opinion, Judge Gon\u00e7alo de Almeida Ribeiro, although he agreed with the constitutionality of the provision in question, pointed out that even \u201cif one admits, in the abstract or in principle, the constitutionality of commemorative amnesties, I do not believe that the reasons invoked in the bill and that permeate the entire law are legitimate, that is, capable of justifying the sacrifice of penal equality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge Rui Guerra da Fonseca, who was in the minority, emphasized that the legislator's motivation for \u201ca subjective delimitation of the scope based on age\u201d seems to have been the \u201cPope's visit, especially\u201d World Youth Day. However, he pointed out, \u201cany discrimination that adopts age as a criterion needs to be supported by and justify distinctions based on that personal characteristic, meaning the necessity of using such a distinctive criterion,\u201d which was not observed in the provision contained in Article 2, No. 1 of Law No. 38-A\/2023, given the aforementioned legislative motivation, causing unjustified penal discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Full text of the judgment available here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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