FIFTH SECTIONCASE OF LEONTYEV v. UKRAINE(Application no. 9262/19)      JUDGMENT STRASBOURG6 October 2022 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.In the case of Leontyev v. Ukraine,The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of: Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President, Ivana Jelić, Kateřina Šimáčková, judges,and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,Having deliberated in private on 2 June 2022,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 6 February 2019.2. 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.4. The applicant complained of the ineffective investigation into the death of his daughter, who died in a traffic accident.THE LAWALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 2 § 1 of the Convention5. The applicant complained of the ineffective investigation into the death of his daughter, who died in a traffic accident. He relied on Article 2 and Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.6. The Court, which is the master of the characterisation to be given in law to the facts of the case, finds that the complaints at issue fall to be examined under Article 2 of the Convention (see Igor Shevchenko v. Ukraine, no. 22737/04, § 38, 12 January 2012). This provision, in so far as relevant, reads as follows:Article 2 § 1“1. Everyone’s right to life shall be protected by law.”7.

Outcome for Article 2: violation