The appellant was not deprived of liberty for a failure to meet his contractual obligation but rather because he committed the criminal offence, which was clearly defined in the law at the time when the offence was committed; therefore, there is no violation of Article 5 of the European Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention.
• Decision on Admissibility and Merits No. AP 227/03 of 27 October 2004, paragraph 26, published in the Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15/05; the judgment rendered in the criminal proceedings related to the criminal offence of fraud