FIFTH SECTION CASE OF GHOUMID AND OTHERS v. FRANCE (Application no. 52273/16 and 4 others) JUDGMENT Art 4 P7 • Right not to be tried or punished twice • Inapplicability in case of deprivation of French nationality on account of previous conviction for terrorist offence • Measure not representing a criminal sanction (Engel criteria) Art 8 • Respect for private and family life • Deprivation of French nationality on account of previous conviction for terrorist offence • No interference with family life, measure not entailing deportation • Private life • Impact on personal identity • Lack of arbitrariness • Passage of time between conviction and deprivation of nationality explained by response to increased terrorist violence in year measure was taken • Procedural safeguards • Consequences not disproportionate • Seriousness of terrorist threat for democracy and human rights • Conviction for participation over a ten-year period in a criminal conspiracy to commit a terrorist act • Absence of ensuing statelessness • No automatic suppression of right to reside. STRASBOURG 25 June 2020 FINAL 25/09/2020 This judgment has become final under Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.