CASE OF LUTSENKO v. UKRAINE
Hearing: Lutsenko v. Ukraine (no. 6492/11) (Chamber hearing, 2012-04-17 00:00:00)
Application no.: 6492/11
Document type: CHAMBER
Document date: 2012-07-03 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2012:0703JUD000649211
Respondent state: UKR
Articles of the Convention: 5;5-1;5-1-c;5-2;5-3;5-4;18;18+5;35;35-1;41
Judges: André Potocki;Ann Power-Forde;Dean Spielmann;Ganna Yudkivska;Karel Jungwiert;Mark Villiger
Represented by: FOMIN I. ; TELYCHENKO V. ; BUSHCHENKO A.
Issue: Articles 19, 29, 34, 62 and 63 of the Constitution ; Articles 191, 364 and 365 of the Criminal Code ; Articles 43, 48, 106, 135, 142, 148, 150, 151, 165 and 218 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
Strasbourg case-law cited: A. and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 3455/05, §§ 203 - 204, ECHR 2009-...;Ambruszkiewicz v. Poland, no. 38797/03, §§ 29-32, 4 May 2006;Aquilina v. Malta [GC], no. 25642/94, § 49, ECHR 1999-III;Bouamar v. Belgium, 29 February 1988, § 60, Series A no. 129;Butkevicius v. Lithuania, no. 48297/99, § 43, ECHR 2002-II;Cebotari v. Moldova (no. 35615/06, §§ 46 et seq., 13 November 2007;Cumpana and Mazare v. Romania [GC], no. 33348/96, § 115, ECHR 2004-XI;Fodale v. Italy, no. 70148/01, § 41, ECHR 2006-VII;Frydlender v. France [GC], no. 30979/96, § 43, ECHR 2000-VII;Gusinskiy v. Russia, no. 70276/01, § 75, ECHR 2004-IV;Gusinskiy v. Russia (cited above, § 73-78);Jehovah’s Witnesses of Moscow v. Russia, no. 302/02, § 198, 10 June 2010;Kharchenko v. Ukraine, no. 40107/02, § 98, 10 February 2011;Khayredinov v. Ukraine, no. 38717/04, § 26, 14 October 2010;Khodorkovskiy v. Russia, no. 5829/04, §§ 255 and 258, 31 May 2011;Ladent v. Poland, no. 11036/03, § 55, 18 March 2008;Lebedev v. Russia, no. 4493/04, § 77, 25 October 2007;Leva v. Moldova, no. 12444/05, § 61, 15 December 2009;Mahmudov and Agazade v. Azerbaijan, no. 35877/04, § 50, 18 December 2008;Mooren v. Germany [GC], no. 11364/03, §§ 72, 77 and 78, 9 July 2009;Nechiporuk and Yonkalo v. Ukraine, no. 42310/04, § 208, 21 April 2011;Nešták v. Slovakia, no. 65559/01, § 74, 27 February 2007;Smirnova v. Russia, nos. 46133/99 and 48183/99, § 81, ECHR 2003-IX (extracts);Solovey and Zozulya v. Ukraine, nos. 40774/02 and 4048/03, § 70, 27 November 2008
External sources: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices by the US Department of State;European Parliament Resolution of 9 June 2011 on Ukraine: the cases of Yulia Tymoshenko and other members of the former government;Freedom House Report on the State of Democracy and Human Rights in Ukraine: Sounding the Alarm: Protecting Democracy in Ukraine;“Preliminary Report on the trials against former Minister of Interior Yurij Lutsenko and former First Deputy Minister of Justice Yevhen Korniychuk” issued by the Danish Helsinki Committee on 28 April 2011
Conclusion: Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Article 35-1 - Exhaustion of domestic remedies);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Deprivation of liberty;Lawful arrest or detention;Procedure prescribed by law;Article 5-1-c - Bringing before competent legal authority);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-2 - Information on reasons for arrest;Prompt information);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Reasonableness of pre-trial detention);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Procedural guarantees of review;Review of lawfulness of detention);Violation of Article 18+5 - Limitation on use of restrictions on rights (Article 18 - Restrictions for unauthorised purposes) (Article 5 - Right to liberty and security);Non-pecuniary damage - award
Separate opinion: FALSE