The applicants complained of the excessive length of civil proceedings and of the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law.<\/p>\n
FIFTH SECTION This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.<\/p>\n In the case of Makarov and Others v. Ukraine,<\/strong><\/p>\n The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of: Having deliberated in private on 2 June 2022,<\/p>\n Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:<\/p>\n PROCEDURE<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. The case originated in applications 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 the various dates indicated in the appended table.<\/p>\n 2. The Ukrainian Government (\u201cthe\u00a0Government\u201d) were given notice of the applications.<\/p>\n THE FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n 3. The list of applicants and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table.<\/p>\n 4. The applicants complained of the excessive length of civil proceedings and of the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law.<\/p>\n THE LAW<\/strong><\/p>\n I. JOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n 5. Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single judgment.<\/p>\n II. THE LOCUS STANDI OF MS kRYSTYNA Yevgenivna mAKAROVA<\/strong><\/p>\n 6. The Court notes that the applicant in application no.\u00a049715\/18 died on 16 January 2019, while the case was pending before the Court. The applicant\u2019s granddaughter, Ms Krystyna Yevgenivna Makarova, has requested to pursue the application on her grandfather\u2019s behalf. As the request is in line with its case-law, the Court sees no reason to refuse it (see, among other authorities, Horv\u00e1thov\u00e1 v. Slovakia, no. 74456\/01, \u00a7\u00a7 25-27, 17 May 2005, and Benyaminson v.\u00a0Ukraine, no. 31585\/02, \u00a7 83, 26 July 2007). However, reference will still be made to the applicant throughout the present judgment.<\/p>\n III. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE\u00a06 \u00a7 1 AND ARTICLE\u00a013 OF THE CONVENTION<\/strong><\/p>\n 7. The applicants complainedthat the length of the civil proceedings in question had been incompatible with the \u201creasonable time\u201d requirement and that they had no effective remedy in this connection. They relied on Article\u00a06\u00a7 1 and Article\u00a013 of the Convention, which read as follows:<\/p>\n Article\u00a06\u00a0\u00a7\u00a01<\/p>\n \u201cIn the determination of his civil rights and obligations … everyone is entitled to a … hearing within a reasonable time by [a] … tribunal …\u201d<\/p>\n Article\u00a013<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone whose rights and freedoms as set forth in [the] Convention are violated shall have an effective remedy before a national authority notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n 8. The Court reiterates that the reasonableness of the length of proceedings must be assessed in the light of the circumstances of the case and with reference to the following criteria: the complexity of the case, the conduct of the applicants and the relevant authorities and what was at stake for the applicants in the dispute (see Frydlender v.\u00a0France [GC], no.\u00a030979\/96, \u00a7\u00a043, ECHR 2000-VII).<\/p>\n 9. In the leading case of Karnaushenko v. Ukraine (no. 23853\/02, 30\u00a0November 2006), the Court already found a violation in respect of issues similar to those in the present case.<\/p>\n 10. Having examined all the material submitted to it, the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of justifying the overall length of the proceedings at the national level. Having regard to its case-law on the subject, the Court considers that in the instant case the length of the proceedings was excessive and failed to meet the \u201creasonable time\u201d requirement.<\/p>\n 11. The Court further notes that the applicants did not have at their disposal an effective remedy in respect of these complaints.<\/p>\n 12. These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article\u00a06 \u00a7 1 and of Article\u00a013 of the Convention.<\/p>\n IV. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE\u00a041 OF THE CONVENTION<\/strong><\/p>\n 13. Article 41 of the Convention provides:<\/p>\n \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 14. Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case\u2011law (see, in particular, Karnaushenko, cited above, \u00a7\u00a7 70 and 75), the Court considers it reasonable to award the sums indicated in the appended table.<\/p>\n 15. The Court further 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 FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT, UNANIMOUSLY,<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Decides to join the applications;<\/p>\n 2. Decides that Ms Makarova, the granddaughter of the applicant in application no. 49715\/18, has locus standi in the proceedings;<\/p>\n 3. Declares the applications admissible;<\/p>\n 4. Holds that these applications disclose a breach of Article\u00a06 \u00a7 1 and Article\u00a013 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law;<\/p>\n 5. Holds<\/p>\n (a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicants, 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 (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 Done in English, and notified in writing on 6 October 2022, pursuant to Rule\u00a077\u00a0\u00a7\u00a7\u00a02 and\u00a03 of the Rules of Court.<\/p>\n ViktoriyaMaradudina \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 St\u00e9phanie Mourou-Vikstr\u00f6m __________<\/p>\n APPENDIX<\/strong>
\nCASE OF MAKAROV AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE<\/strong>
\n(Applications nos. 49715\/18 and 2 others \u2013 see appended list)<\/strong>
\nJUDGMENT
\nSTRASBOURG
\n6 October 2022<\/p>\n
\nSt\u00e9phanie Mourou-Vikstr\u00f6m, President,
\nIvana Jeli\u0107,
\nKate\u0159ina\u0160im\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1, judges,
\nand ViktoriyaMaradudina,ActingDeputy Section Registrar,<\/p>\n
\nActing Deputy Registrar \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0President<\/p>\n
\nList of applications raising complaints under Article 6 \u00a7 1 and Article 13 of the Convention
\n(excessive length of civil proceedings and lack of any effective remedy in domestic law)<\/p>\n