{"id":14294,"date":"2021-04-06T08:16:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T08:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=14294"},"modified":"2021-04-06T08:16:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T08:16:27","slug":"case-of-zolotaryov-v-ukraine-european-court-of-human-rights-application-no-13399-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=14294","title":{"rendered":"CASE OF ZOLOTARYOV v. UKRAINE (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 13399\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE FACTS. The applicant\u2019s details and information relevant to the application are set out in the appended table.\u00a0The applicant complained of the excessive length of his pre-trial detention. He also raised other complaints under the provisions of the Convention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FIFTH SECTION<br \/>\n<strong>CASE OF ZOLOTARYOV v. UKRAINE<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(Application no. 13399\/19)<\/em><br \/>\nJUDGMENT<br \/>\nSTRASBOURG<br \/>\n1 April 2021<\/p>\n<p>This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the case of Zolotaryov v. Ukraine,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:<\/p>\n<p>Ivana Jeli\u0107, President,<br \/>\nGanna Yudkivska,<br \/>\nArnfinn B\u00e5rdsen, judges,<br \/>\nand Liv Tigerstedt, Deputy Section Registrar,<\/p>\n<p>Having deliberated in private on 11 March 2021,<\/p>\n<p>Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROCEDURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. The case originated in an application against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article\u00a034 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (\u201cthe Convention\u201d) on 27\u00a0February\u00a02019.<\/p>\n<p>2. The applicant was represented by Mr S.Y. Stavrov, a lawyer practising in the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>3. The Ukrainian Government (\u201cthe\u00a0Government\u201d) were given notice of the application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4. The applicant\u2019s details and information relevant to the application are set out in the appended table.<\/p>\n<p>5. The applicant complained of the excessive length of his pre-trial detention. He also raised other complaints under the provisions of the Convention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE LAW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 5\u00a0\u00a7\u00a03 OF THE CONVENTION<\/p>\n<p>6. The applicant complained principally that his pre-trial detention had been unreasonably long. He relied on Article\u00a05\u00a0\u00a7\u00a03 of the Convention, which reads as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Article\u00a05\u00a0\u00a7\u00a03<\/p>\n<p>\u201c3. Everyone arrested or detained in accordance with the provisions of paragraph\u00a01\u00a0(c) of this Article shall be &#8230; entitled to trial within a reasonable time or to release pending trial. Release may be conditioned by guarantees to appear for trial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>7. The Court observes that the general principles regarding the right to trial within a reasonable time or to release pending trial, as guaranteed by Article\u00a05 \u00a7\u00a03 of the Convention, have been stated in a number of its previous judgments (see, among many other authorities, Kud\u0142a v.\u00a0Poland [GC], no.\u00a030210\/96, \u00a7 110, ECHR 2000\u2011XI, and McKay v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 543\/03, \u00a7\u00a7 41-44, ECHR 2006\u2011X, with further references).<\/p>\n<p>8. In the leading cases of Kharchenko v. Ukraine (no. 40107\/02, 10\u00a0February 2011) and Ignatov v. Ukraine (no. 40583\/15, 15\u00a0December\u00a02016), the Court already found a violation in respect of issues similar to those in the present case.<\/p>\n<p>9. Having examined all the material submitted to it, the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of persuading it to reach a different conclusion on the admissibility and merits of this complaint. Having regard to its case-law on the subject, the Court considers that in the instant case the length of the applicant\u2019s pre-trial detention was excessive.<\/p>\n<p>10. This complaint is therefore admissible and discloses a breach of Article\u00a05\u00a0\u00a7\u00a03 of the Convention.<\/p>\n<p>II. OTHER ALLEGED VIOLATIONS UNDER WELL-ESTABLISHED CASE-LAW<\/p>\n<p>11. The applicant submitted other complaints under Article 5 \u00a7 4 of the Convention which also raised issues under the Convention, given the relevant well-established case-law of the Court (see appended table). Thesecomplaints are not manifestly ill-founded within the meaning of Article\u00a035\u00a0\u00a7\u00a03\u00a0(a) of the Convention, nor are they inadmissible on any other ground. Accordingly, they must be declared admissible. Having examined all the material before it, the Court concludes that they also disclose violations of the Convention in the light of its findings in Kharchenko\u00a0v.\u00a0Ukraine and Ignatov v. Ukraine (both cited above).<\/p>\n<p>III. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 41 OF THE CONVENTION<\/p>\n<p>12. Article 41 of the Convention provides:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Court finds that there has been a violation of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, and if the internal law of the High Contracting Party concerned allows only partial reparation to be made, the Court shall, if necessary, afford just satisfaction to the injured party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>13. Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case\u2011law (see, in particular, Ignatov v. Ukraine, cited above), the Court considers it reasonable to award the sum indicated in the appended table.<\/p>\n<p>14. The Court considers it appropriate that the default interest rate should be based on the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank, to which should be added three percentage points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT, UNANIMOUSLY,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Declares the application admissible;<\/p>\n<p>2. Holds that it discloses a breach of Article\u00a05\u00a0\u00a7\u00a03 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of pre-trial detention;<\/p>\n<p>3. Holds that there has been a violation of the Convention as regards the other complaints raised under the well-established case-law of the Court (see appended table);<\/p>\n<p>4. Holds<\/p>\n<p>(a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicant, within three months, the amounts indicated in the appended table, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement;<\/p>\n<p>(b) that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>Done in English, and notified in writing on 1 April 2021, pursuant to Rule\u00a077\u00a0\u00a7\u00a7\u00a02 and\u00a03 of the Rules of Court.<\/p>\n<p>Liv Tigerstedt\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ivana Jeli\u0107<br \/>\nDeputy Registrar\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0President<\/p>\n<p>_____________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">APPENDIX<br \/>\nApplication raising complaints under Article 5 \u00a7 3 of the Convention<br \/>\n(excessive length of pre-trial detention)<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"122\"><strong>Application no.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Date of introduction<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><strong>Applicant\u2019s name<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Year of birth <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"118\"><strong>Representative\u2019s name and location<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"153\"><strong>Period of detention<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"103\"><strong>Length of detention<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"334\"><strong>Other complaints under well-established case-law<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"106\"><strong>Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage per applicant<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(in euros)<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"107\"><strong>Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(in euros)<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"122\">13399\/19<br \/>\n27\/02\/2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><strong>Artem Volodymyrovych ZOLOTARYOV<\/strong><br \/>\n1976<\/td>\n<td width=\"118\">Stavrov Sergiy Yuriyovych<br \/>\nKharkiv<\/td>\n<td width=\"153\">28\/04\/2018 to<br \/>\n15\/06\/2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"103\">2 years and 1\u00a0month and 19\u00a0days<\/td>\n<td width=\"334\">Art. 5 (4) &#8211; excessive length of judicial review of detention &#8211; Excessive length of consideration of the applicant\u2019s appeals against the decisions of the Moskovskiy District Court of Kharkiv of 21\/06\/2019, 16\/08\/2019 and 03\/09\/2019. In particular, his appeals of 22\/06\/2019, 28\/08\/2019 and 10\/09\/2019 were considered by the court of appeal on 04\/10\/2019, 26\/09\/2019 and 07\/10\/2019 respectively. It is to be noted that by the time the appellate court examined the applicant\u2019s appeals, the detention ordered by the above rulings had already expired and new rulings had been adopted.<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\">1,700<\/td>\n<td width=\"107\">250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.<br \/>\n<a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-share-buttons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=14294\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=14294&text=CASE+OF+ZOLOTARYOV+v.+UKRAINE+%28European+Court+of+Human+Rights%29+Application+no.+13399%2F19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=14294&title=CASE+OF+ZOLOTARYOV+v.+UKRAINE+%28European+Court+of+Human+Rights%29+Application+no.+13399%2F19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=14294&description=CASE+OF+ZOLOTARYOV+v.+UKRAINE+%28European+Court+of+Human+Rights%29+Application+no.+13399%2F19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pinterest<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE FACTS. The applicant\u2019s details and information relevant to the application are set out in the appended table.\u00a0The applicant complained of the excessive length of his pre-trial detention. He also raised other complaints under the provisions of the Convention. 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