Communicated on 14 February 2019<\/p>\n
FIFTH SECTION<\/p>\n
Application no. 61839\/12
\nAnatoliy Petrovich STARISHKO
\nagainst Ukraine
\nlodged on 18 July 2012<\/p>\n
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE<\/strong><\/p>\n The application concerns: firstly, the alleged lack of any genuine prospect of the applicant\u2019s release in view of his life-imprisonment sentence; and, secondly, various restrictions on his right to family visits during his post-conviction detention (low frequency of authorised visits, as well as various rules on the modalities of prison visits, such as the ban on direct physical contact, separation by a glass wall or metal bars, the continuous presence of prison guards during visits, and the limit on a maximum number of adult visitors).<\/p>\n QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Has there been a violation of the applicant\u2019s rights under Article 3 of the Convention on account of his allegedly irreducible life sentence (see Vinter and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], nos. 66069\/09 and 2 others, ECHR 2013 (extracts), L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Magyar v. Hungary, no. 73593\/10, 20 May 2014, and Hutchinson v. the United Kingdom ([GC], no. 57592\/08, 17 January 2017)?<\/p>\n 2. Has there been a violation of the applicant\u2019s right to respect for his private and family life under Article 8 of the Convention on account of various limitations on family visits during his post-conviction detention (see Khoroshenko v. Russia, [GC], no. 41418\/04, ECHR 2015, and Trosin v. Ukraine, no. 39758\/05, 23 February 2012)?<\/p>\n