FIFTH SECTIONCASE OF LUKASHUK v. UKRAINE(Application no. 9079/24)      JUDGMENT STRASBOURG22 January 2026 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.In the case of Lukashuk 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 18 December 2025,Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:PROCEDURE1. The case originated in an application against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 13 March 2024.2. The Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) were given notice of the application.THE FACTS3. The applicant’s details and information relevant to the application are set out in the appended table. He complained under Article 3 of the Convention that there had been no effective investigation into the ill‑treatment to which he had been subjected by private individuals.THE LAWALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 3 of the Convention4. The applicant complained of the ineffective investigation into ill‑treatment inflicted by private parties. He relied on Article 3 of the Convention.5.

Article of the Convention at issue: Article 3
Outcome: violation