The Court declared inadmissible the application in the case of Longo v. Italy.

The case concerned a demolition order issued as part of a judgment convicting the applicant of unauthorised construction of a 200 sq. m agricultural warehouse in Sicily. The Court held that even though the demolition order in this case had been issued in the criminal jurisdiction, the purpose had been restorative – to return the site to its previous state – not punitive.

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