FIFTH SECTION
CASE OF SINKO AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE
(Applications nos. 1516/21 and 2 others –
see appended list)
 
 
 
 
 
 
JUDGMENT
 
STRASBOURG
16 April 2026
 
This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Sinko and others v. Ukraine,
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:
 Andreas Zünd, President,
 Diana Sârcu,
 Mykola Gnatovskyy, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 26 March 2026,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
PROCEDURE
1. The case originated in applications against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table. 2. The Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) were given notice of the applications. THE FACTS
3. The list of applicants and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table. THE LAW        JOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS

4. Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single judgment. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 2 of the Convention
5. The applicants complained principally of the ineffectiveness of domestic proceedings concerning the deaths of their relatives as a result of medical negligence. They relied, expressly or in substance, on Article 2 of the Convention.
6.

Article of the Convention at issue: Article 2
Outcome: violation