. Criminal proceedings are pending against the applicants in respect of offences committed in the part of the Luhansk Region which the Ukrainian Government no longer control. They cannot be completed because the authorities are unable to access the case…
CASE OF GRANKOV v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 16800/16
. The applicant was detained on criminal charges in a part of Donbass under the Ukrainian Government’s control, while his criminal case file remained in a part which the Government no longer control. He was eventually released because the courts…
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FIFTH SECTION CASE OF STUZHUK v. UKRAINE (Application no. 48021/13) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 11 February 2021 This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Stuzhuk v. Ukraine, The European Court of Human Rights…
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Societe Editrice de Mediapart and Others v. France (European Court of Human Rights)
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PASHAYEV AND OTHERS v. AZERBAIJAN (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 18068/08
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CASE OF CHORNENKO v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 59660/09
. The present case concerns an allegation that the applicants were unlawfully and unfairly evicted from their room in a former State-owned hostel after it had been converted into a privately-owned block of flats. They raise complaints under Articles 8 and…