CASE OF OLEKSANDR VOLKOV v. UKRAINE
Hearing: Oleksandr Volkov v. Ukraine (no. 21722/11) (Chamber hearing, 2012-06-12 00:00:00)
Application no.: 21722/11
Document type: CHAMBER
Document date: 2013-01-09 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2013:0109JUD002172211
Respondent state: UKR
Articles of the Convention: 6;6-1;8;8-1;8-2;41;46;46-2
Judges: André Potocki;Angelika Nußberger;Ann Power-Forde;Dean Spielmann;Ganna Yudkivska;Mark Villiger
Represented by: LEACH Ph. ; GORDON J.
Issue: Sections 19-21 and 23 of the Judges (Election and Dismissal) Act 2004 ; Article 84 and 131 of the Constitution ; HCJ Act 1998 ; Status of Members of Parliament Act 1992 ; Rules of Parliament ; Article 171-1 §§ 1 and 5 of the Code of Administrative Justice ; Sections 10, 20 and 41 of the Judicial System Act 2002
Strasbourg case-law cited: A. v. Norway, no. 28070/06, §§ 63 and 64, 9 April 2009;Ajdaric v. Croatia, no. 20883/09, 13 December 2011;Albert and Le Compte v. Belgium, 10 February 1983, §§ 29-30, Series A no. 58;Aleksanyan v. Russia, no. 46468/06, § 240, 22 December 2008;Argyrou and Others v. Greece, no. 10468/04, § 24, 15 January 2009;Assanidze v. Georgia [GC], no. 71503/01, §§ 198 and 202-203, ECHR 2004-II;Bayer v. Germany, no. 8453/04, § 37, 16 July 2009;Bigaeva v. Greece, no. 26713/05, §§ 22-25, 28 May 2009;Bogatova v. Ukraine, no. 5231/04, § 13, 7 October 2010;Broniowski v. Poland [GC], no. 31443/96, § 194, ECHR 2004-V;Brualla Gómez de la Torre v Spain, 19 December 1997, § 41, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997-VIII;Brudnicka and Others v. Poland, no. 54723/00, § 38, ECHR 2005-II;Brumarescu v. Romania (just satisfaction) [GC], no. 28342/95, § 20, ECHR 2001-I;Bryan v. the United Kingdom, 22 November 1995, §§ 44 - 47, Series A no. 335-A;Buscarini v. San Marino (dec.), no. 31657/96, 4 May 2000;C. v. Belgium, 7 August 1996, § 25, Reports 1996-III;C.G. and Others v. Bulgaria, no. 1365/07, § 39, 24 April 2008;De Cubber v. Belgium, 26 October 1984, § 26, Series A no. 86;Diya 97 v. Ukraine, no. 19164/04, § 47, 21 October 2010;Engel and Others v. the Netherlands, 8 June 1976, §§ 82-83, Series A no. 22;Fatullayev v. Azerbaijan, no. 40984/07, §§ 176 and 177, 22 April 2010;Fey v. Austria, 24 February 1993, Series A no. 255, §§ 28 and 30;Findlay v the United Kingdom, 25 February 1997, § 73, Reports 1997-I;Fruni v. Slovakia, no. 8014/07, §134, 21 June 2011;Goodwin v. the United Kingdom, 27 March 1996, § 33, Reports 1996-II;Gorzelik and Others v. Poland [GC], no. 44158/98, §§ 64-65, ECHR 2004-I;Gurov v. Moldova, no. 36455/02, § 37-39, 11 July 2006;Huseyn and Others v. Azerbaijan, nos. 35485/05, 45553/05, 35680/05 and 36085/05, § 262, 26 July 2011;Ilascu and Others v. Moldova and Russia [GC], no. 48787/99, § 487, ECHR 2004-VII;Kleyn and Others v. the Netherlands [GC], nos. 39343/98, 39651/98, 43147/98 and 46664/99, § 193, ECHR 2003-VI;Kopp v. Switzerland, 25 March 1998, § 55, Reports 1998-II;Kyprianou v. Cyprus [GC], no. 73797/01, § 119, ECHR 2005-XIII;Le Compte, Van Leuven and De Meyere v. Belgium, 23 June 1981, § 58, Series A no. 43;Lungoci v. Romania, no. 62710/00, 26 January 2006;Maestri v. Italy [GC], no. 39748/98, § 47, ECHR 2004-I;Matyjek v. Poland (dec.), no. 38184/03, §§ 53 and 54, ECHR 2006-VII;Micallef v. Malta [GC], no. 17056/06, §§ 99 and 100, ECHR 2009;Niemietz v. Germany, 16 December 1992, § 29, Series A no. 251-B;Oberschlick v. Austria (no. 1), 23 May 1991, §§ 50-52, Series A no. 204;Öcalan v. Turkey [GC], no. 46221/99, § 210, ECHR 2005-IV;Olujic v. Croatia, no. 22330/05, § 31-45, 5 February 2009;Özpinar v. Turkey, no. 20999/04, §§ 43-48, 19 October 2010;P.G. and J.H. v. the United Kingdom, no. 44787/98, § 46, ECHR 2001-IX;Papamichalopoulos and Others v. Greece (Article 50), 31 October 1995, § 34, Series A no. 330-B;Pfeifer v. Austria, no. 12556/03, § 35, 15 November 2007;Posokhov v. Russia, no. 63486/00, § 39, ECHR 2003-IV;Pretty v. the United Kingdom, no. 2346/02, § 61, ECHR 2002-III;Pullar v. the United Kingdom, 10 June 1996, § 32, Reports 1996-III;Sacilor-Lormines v. France, no. 65411/01, § 62, ECHR 2006-XIII;Savino and Others v. Italy, nos. 17214/05, 20329/05 and 42113/04, §§ 72-75, 28 April 2009;Scordino v. Italy (no. 1) [GC], no. 36813/97, §§ 190 and 191, ECHR 2006-V;Scozzari and Giunta v. Italy [GC], nos. 39221/98 and 41963/98, § 249, ECHR 2000-VIII;Sidabras and Džiautas v. Lithuania, nos. 55480/00 and 59330/00, § 47, ECHR 2004-VIII;Stafford v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 46295/99, § 78, ECHR 2002-IV;Stubbings and Others v. the United Kingdom, 22 October 1996, § 51, Reports 1996-IV;Suküt v. Turkey (dec.), no. 59773/00, 11 September 2007;Tepeli and Others v. Turkey (dec.), no. 31876/96, 11 September 2001;Tsfayo v. the United Kingdom, no. 60860/00, §§ 42-43, 14 November 2006;Vereinigung demokratischer Soldaten Österreichs and Gubi v. Austria, 19 December 1994, § 31, Series A no. 302;Vilho Eskelinen and Others v. Finland [GC], no. 63235/00, § 62, ECHR 2007-IV;Werner v. Poland, no. 26760/95, §§ 43 and 44, 15 November 2001;Wettstein v. Switzerland, no. 33958/96, § 42, ECHR 2000-XII
External sources: European Charter on the statute for judges of 8-10 July 1998 (Department of Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe Document (98)23);Joint Opinion on the Law Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine in Relation to the Prevention of Abuse of the Right to Appeal by the Venice Commission and the Directorate of Co-operation within the Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe, adopted by the Venice Commission at its 84th Plenary Session (Venice, 15-16 October 2010, CDL-AD(2010)029);Report by Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, following his visit to Ukraine (19-26 November 2011), CommDH(2012)10
Conclusion: Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Impartial tribunal;Independent tribunal);Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing);Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing);Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Tribunal established by law);Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8-1 - Respect for private life);Respondent State to take individual measures (Article 46-2 - Individual measures);Respondent State to take measures of a general character (Article 46-2 - Legislative amendments);Pecuniary damage - reserved;Non-pecuniary damage - award
Separate opinion: TRUE