{"id":22238,"date":"2024-02-08T12:08:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T12:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=22238"},"modified":"2024-02-08T12:08:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T12:08:13","slug":"case-of-storozhuk-and-kononov-v-ukraine-13577-16-and-48768-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=22238","title":{"rendered":"CASE OF STOROZHUK AND KONONOV v. UKRAINE &#8211; 13577\/16 and 48768\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The applicants referred, in particular, to Article\u00a03 of the Convention and alleged that they had been ill-treated by police officers and that the investigation into their complaints had been ineffective.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">European Court of Human Rights<br \/>\nFIFTH SECTION<br \/>\n<strong>CASE OF STOROZHUK AND KONONOV v. UKRAINE<\/strong><br \/>\n(Applications nos. 13577\/16 and 48768\/16)<br \/>\nJUDGMENT<br \/>\nSTRASBOURG<br \/>\n8 February 2024<\/p>\n<p>This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the case of Storozhuk and Kononov v. Ukraine,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:<br \/>\nLado Chanturia, President,<br \/>\nSt\u00e9phanie Mourou-Vikstr\u00f6m,<br \/>\nMykola Gnatovskyy, judges,<br \/>\nand Martina Keller, Deputy Section Registrar,<\/p>\n<p>Having regard to:<br \/>\nthe applications against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (\u201cthe Convention\u201d) by the applicants listed in the appended table, (\u201cthe applicants\u201d), on the various dates indicated therein;<br \/>\nthe decision to give notice of the complaints set out in paragraphs 1-3 below to the Ukrainian Government (\u201cthe Government\u201d), represented, most recently, by their Agent Ms M.\u00a0Sokorenko, and to declare the remainder of application no.\u00a048768\/16 inadmissible;<br \/>\nthe parties\u2019 observations;<\/p>\n<p>Having deliberated in private on 18 January 2024,<\/p>\n<p>Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. The applicants referred, in particular, to Article\u00a03 of the Convention and alleged that they had been ill-treated by police officers and that the investigation into their complaints had been ineffective.<\/p>\n<p>2. Mr\u00a0A.M.\u00a0Storozhuk (application no.\u00a013577\/16) additionally complained, in particular, under Article\u00a05\u00a0\u00a7\u00a01 of the Convention, that on 21\u00a0September 2010 he had been arbitrarily restrained, handcuffed, detained in a police car and taken to a substance abuse centre without any grounds and without proper records being made.<\/p>\n<p>3. Mr\u00a0K.S.\u00a0Kononov (application no.\u00a048768\/16) additionally complained under Article 5\u00a0\u00a7\u00a03 of the Convention that the duration of his detention during the investigation and trial of his criminal case had been excessive and under Article 6\u00a0\u00a7\u00a01 of the Convention that the length of the criminal proceedings against him had been excessive.<\/p>\n<p>4. The facts of each of the individual applications are set out in detail in the appended tables.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE COURT\u2019S ASSESSMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I. JOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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<p>II. Alleged police ill-treatment and lack of an effective investigation<\/p>\n<p>6. The applicants complained, under various Convention provisions, that they had been ill-treated by the police and that their complaints had not been properly investigated. The Court, which is master of the characterisation to be given in law to the facts of a case (see, among other authorities, Barysheva v. Ukraine, no.\u00a09505\/12, \u00a7\u00a045, 14\u00a0March\u00a02017), finds that these complaints fall to be examined under Article 3 of the Convention.<\/p>\n<p>7. The Government contended that the complaint by Mr\u00a0A.M.\u00a0Storozhuk (application no.\u00a013577\/16) was premature, as the relevant domestic proceedings were still ongoing. They further argued that Mr\u00a0K.S.\u00a0Kononov (application no.\u00a048768\/16) had not exhausted domestic remedies, as he had not pursued an appeal against a decision of 6\u00a0July\u00a02016 to discontinue the criminal proceedings in respect of his allegations of ill-treatment. Finally, the Government argued that the complaints raised by both applicants were manifestly ill-founded in any event.<\/p>\n<p>8. Reviewing the Government\u2019s objections in the light of the available documents and the principles developed in its case-law (see, in particular, Kaverzin v.\u00a0Ukraine, no.\u00a023893\/03, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a091-99 and 172-80, 15\u00a0May\u00a02012, and Belousov v. Ukraine, no.\u00a04494\/07, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a048-49 and 56-58, 7\u00a0November\u00a02013), the Court considers that they should be dismissed. It finds that the applicants have raised arguable allegations of ill-treatment and provided the domestic authorities with appropriate opportunities to deal with them, thus discharging their obligation to exhaust domestic remedies. The Court further considers that the complaints raised by both applicants are not manifestly ill-founded within the meaning of Article\u00a035\u00a0\u00a7\u00a03\u00a0(a) of the Convention and are not inadmissible on any other grounds. They must therefore be declared admissible.<\/p>\n<p>9. Reviewing the facts of the present case in the light of the general principles established in its case-law (see Bouyid v.\u00a0Belgium [GC], no.\u00a023380\/09, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a081-90 and 114-23, ECHR 2015), the Court considers that the applicants raised credible allegations of ill-treatment at the domestic level. Those claims triggered an obligation on the national authorities to carry out effective and thorough investigations with a view to establishing the origin of the applicants\u2019 alleged and documented injuries and identifying and punishing those responsible should the allegations of ill-treatment prove to be true.<\/p>\n<p>10. From the documents before the Court, it appears that the domestic investigations did not reflect a serious effort to determine the relevant facts (see the appended tables for details).<\/p>\n<p>11. The Court notes that in Kaverzin (cited above, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a0173-80) it found that the reluctance of the authorities to ensure a prompt and thorough investigation into complaints of ill-treatment lodged against police authorities constituted a systemic problem for the purposes of Article\u00a046 of the Convention. In view of the circumstances of the present applications and its previous case-law, the Court considers that they constitute another example of a failure to ensure a prompt and thorough investigation.<\/p>\n<p>12. The Court further finds that the applicants\u2019 accounts as to the circumstances of their alleged ill-treatment are detailed and coherent. Even though some of the allegations are not corroborated by medical or other objective evidence, the results of the investigations, given their numerous shortcomings, did not disprove the applicants\u2019 allegations that they had been victims of ill-treatment by law-enforcement officers. In these circumstances, and given the onus on the State to provide a plausible explanation for injuries sustained by persons under the control of the police (see Bouyid, cited above, \u00a7\u00a083; see also, by way of example, Adnaralov v. Ukraine, no.\u00a010493\/12, \u00a7\u00a045, 27\u00a0November 2014; Kulik v. Ukraine, no.\u00a010397\/10, \u00a7\u00a059, 19\u00a0March 2015; and Yaroshovets and Others v. Ukraine, nos.\u00a074820\/10 and 4 others, \u00a7\u00a085, 3\u00a0December 2015), the Court concludes that the State\u2019s responsibility for the applicants\u2019 ill-treatment is engaged.<\/p>\n<p>13. The above findings are sufficient for the Court to establish that the applicants were subjected to ill-treatment which must be classified as inhuman and degrading.<\/p>\n<p>14. The Court therefore concludes that the present complaints disclose a breach of Article\u00a03 of the Convention in respect of the applicants\u2019 purported ill-treatment under both its procedural and substantive limbs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>III. OTHER ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE CONVENTION UNDER THE WELL-ESTABLISHED CASE-LAW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15. The applicants also raised other complaints (see paragraphs 2 and 3 above).<\/p>\n<p>16. Having examined these complaints in the light of the material before it and in the light of its well-established case-law, the Court concludes that those complaints are neither manifestly ill-founded nor inadmissible on any other grounds and that the Government\u2019s objection concerning the alleged prematurity of the complaint under Article\u00a05\u00a0\u00a7\u00a01 submitted by Mr\u00a0A.M.\u00a0Storozhuk in application no.\u00a013577\/16 must be dismissed (see Belousov, cited above, \u00a7\u00a073).<\/p>\n<p>17. The Court further concludes that these complaints must be declared admissible and that they disclose the following violations:<\/p>\n<p>(a) a violation of Article\u00a05\u00a0\u00a7\u00a01 of the Convention on account of the unlawfulness of the unrecorded detention of Mr\u00a0A.M.\u00a0Storozhuk (application no.\u00a013577\/16), in the light of the Court\u2019s findings in Grinenko v.\u00a0Ukraine (no.\u00a033627\/06, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a074-78, 15\u00a0November\u00a02012) and Belousov (cited above, \u00a7\u00a085);<\/p>\n<p>(b) a violation of Article\u00a05\u00a0\u00a7\u00a03 of the Convention on account of the length of the pre-trial detention of Mr\u00a0K.S.\u00a0Kononov (application no.\u00a048768\/16), in the light of the Court\u2019s findings in Kharchenko v.\u00a0Ukraine (no.\u00a040107\/02, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a079-81, judgment of 10\u00a0February\u00a02011) and Ignatov v. Ukraine (no.\u00a040583\/15, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a040-42, judgment of 15\u00a0December 2016); and<\/p>\n<p>(c) a violation of Article 6\u00a0\u00a7\u00a01 of the Convention on account of the length of the criminal proceedings against Mr\u00a0K.S.\u00a0Kononov, in the light of the Court\u2019s findings in P\u00e9lissier and Sassi v.\u00a0France ([GC], no.\u00a025444\/94, \u00a7\u00a067, ECHR\u00a01999\u2011II); Frydlender v.\u00a0France ([GC], no.\u00a030979\/96, \u00a7\u00a043, ECHR\u00a02000\u2011VII); and Merit v.\u00a0Ukraine (no.\u00a066561\/01, 30\u00a0March\u00a02004).<\/p>\n<p><strong>APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 41 OF THE CONVENTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>18. The applicants lodged just satisfaction claims under Article\u00a041 of the Convention (see appended tables for details).<\/p>\n<p>19. Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case\u2011law, the Court considers it reasonable to award the applicants the sums indicated in the appended tables. It dismisses the remainder of the claims for just satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>20. 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. Decides to join the applications;<\/p>\n<p>2. Declares the applications admissible;<\/p>\n<p>3. Holds that there has been a violation of Article 3 of the Convention under both its substantive and procedural limbs in respect of the complaints concerning ill-treatment raised in both applications;<\/p>\n<p>4. Holds that there has been a violation of Article 5\u00a0\u00a7\u00a01 of the Convention in respect of the complaint raised by Mr\u00a0A.M.\u00a0Storozhuk in application no.\u00a013577\/16;<\/p>\n<p>5. Holds that there has been a violation of Article\u00a05\u00a0\u00a7\u00a03 of the Convention in respect of the complaint concerning the length of detention pending investigation and trial in the criminal case against the applicant raised by Mr\u00a0K.S.\u00a0Kononov in application no.\u00a048768\/16;<\/p>\n<p>6. Holds that there has been a violation of Article 6\u00a0\u00a7\u00a01 of the Convention in respect of the complaint concerning the length of criminal proceedings raised by Mr\u00a0K.S.\u00a0Kononov in application no.\u00a048768\/16;<\/p>\n<p>7. Holds<\/p>\n<p>(a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicants, within three months, the amounts indicated in the appended tables, 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>8. Dismisses the remainder of the claims for just satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>Done in English, and notified in writing on 8 February 2024, pursuant to Rule\u00a077\u00a0\u00a7\u00a7\u00a02 and 3 of the Rules of Court.<\/p>\n<p>Martina Keller \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Lado Chanturia<br \/>\nDeputy Registrar \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0President<\/p>\n<p>_______________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>APPENDIX<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"881\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"881\"><strong>1. Application no.\u00a013577\/16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by <\/strong><strong>Mr\u00a0Artur Moyseyovych Storozhuk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>a Ukrainian national born in 1974 and residing in Khmelnytskyy<\/p>\n<p>Represented by Mr\u00a0V.V.\u00a0Afadeyev, a lawyer practising in Khmelnytskyy<\/p>\n<p><em>Lodged on 24 February 2016<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"529\"><strong>Relevant facts and documents<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"352\"><strong>Article 3: key issues<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"529\"><em>(i) Applicant\u2019s account:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At nearly midnight on 21\u00a0September 2010 the applicant began arguing with S.V., a senior police officer from the Tsentralnyy district police division in Khmelnytskyy, accusing him of obstructing an inspection of his car, which had been damaged by fire. In response to the applicant\u2019s accusations, S.V. ordered his subordinates to restrain him. Two officers twisted the applicant\u2019s arms behind his back and held them upwards. In that position, S.V. inflicted several truncheon blows on the applicant and ordered him to be locked in the detainees\u2019 compartment of the police vehicle while the inspection of the applicant\u2019s car and the site of the fire was finalised. Ignoring the applicant\u2019s complaints of severe pain in his right arm and shoulder and his requests for immediate medical assistance, the officers detained the applicant in the vehicle for about half an hour and subsequently (at about 1\u00a0a.m. on 22\u00a0September\u00a02010) took him to the substance abuse centre, where he was subjected to an intoxication test. In response to the applicant\u2019s further complaints about pain and following the advice of the centre\u2019s employees, the officers then took him to the Khmelnytskyy municipal hospital, where at about 1.40 a.m. on the same day he was hospitalised on account of a fracture of the right humerus. No documents setting out the grounds for the applicant\u2019s handcuffing, detention in the police car or taking him to the drug treatment centre were created.<\/p>\n<p><em>(ii) Medical and other evidence:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(a) 22-29 September 2010, in-patient hospital treatment records (from the Khmelnytskyy municipal hospital): closed fracture of the right humerus with dislocation of broken bone fragments;<\/p>\n<p>(b) Several expert assessments indicating, in particular, that the applicant\u2019s injuries were of medium seriousness.<\/p>\n<p><em>(iii) Domestic findings (preliminary; appeal proceedings pending):<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On 14 November 2022 Khmelnytskyy city District Court convicted S.V. of having abused his authority by resorting to the unjustified application of force and unlawfully ordering the detention of the applicant (Articles 365 and 371 of the Criminal Code). The court released S.V. from punishment, applying the statute of limitation, and rejected the applicant\u2019s claim for damages against S.V. and the Ministry of Interior, having found that the claim should be brought directly against the State. Both parties appealed. The available information indicates that the appeal proceedings are still pending.<\/td>\n<td width=\"352\">(i) Based on the file, and regard being had to the findings of the first-instance court (albeit, per available information, the court\u2019s findings are not yet final), there is no reason to question the credibility of the applicant\u2019s account of how he suffered his injuries. In any event, it has not been shown by the State that the applicant\u2019s injuries resulted from a legitimate application of force or that no ill-treatment took place (for relevant examples, see <em>Rehbock v. Slovenia<\/em>, no.\u00a029462\/95, \u00a7\u00a076, ECHR 2000\u2011XII; <em>Danilov v. Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a02585\/06, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a065-67, 13\u00a0March\u00a02014; and <em>Sylenok and Tekhnoservis-Plus v.\u00a0Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a020988\/02, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a069-70, 9\u00a0December 2010).<\/p>\n<p>(ii) Delay in opening a full\u2011scale investigation (complaint lodged on 28\/09\/10, Khmelnytskyy prosecutor\u2019s office; investigation launched on 29\/01\/11, Tsentralnyy district police office in Khmelnytskyy; for relevant examples, see, <em>mutatis mutandis<\/em>,<em> Davydov and Others v.\u00a0Ukraine<\/em>, nos.\u00a017674\/02 and 39081\/02, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a0310\u201112, 1\u00a0July\u00a02010, and <em>Chernega and Others v.\u00a0Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a074768\/10, \u00a7\u00a0167, 18\u00a0June\u00a02019).<\/p>\n<p>(iii) Lack of independence of the initial inquiry (case was only transferred from the police to the prosecutor\u2019s office in 2012; for relevant examples, see <em>Kirpichenko v.\u00a0Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a038833\/03, \u00a7\u00a087, 2\u00a0April\u00a02015 and<em> Zyakun v. Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a034006\/06, \u00a7\u00a044, 25\u00a0February\u00a02016).<\/p>\n<p>(iv) Repeated remittals for reinvestigation in view of the shortcomings recognised by the domestic courts (for relevant examples, see <em>Belousov v. Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a04494\/07, \u00a7\u00a056, 7\u00a0November\u00a02013, and <em>Adnaralov v. Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a010493\/12, \u00a7\u00a050, 27\u00a0November\u00a02014).<\/p>\n<p>(v) Overall length of the proceedings (over twelve years) which are still ongoing (for relevant examples, see <em>Belousov v. Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a04494\/07, \u00a7\u00a056, 7\u00a0November\u00a02013, and <em>Adnaralov v.\u00a0Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a010493\/12, \u00a7\u00a050, 27\u00a0November\u00a02014).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"881\"><strong>Just satisfaction<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"529\"><strong>Parties\u2019 submissions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"352\"><strong>The Court\u2019s award<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"529\"><strong><em>Applicant\u00a0:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Non-pecuniary damage\u00a0:<\/em> 17,000 euros (EUR)<\/p>\n<p><em>Costs and expenses: <\/em>EUR\u00a02,250 in legal fees (Convention proceedings: filing the application, preparation of post-communication submissions and additional information at the request of the Court; payment outstanding) to be paid directly to the applicant\u2019s lawyer, Mr\u00a0V.V.\u00a0Afadeyev (time-sheet provided: 45\u00a0hours at 50\u00a0euros (\u201cEUR\u201d) per hour)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Government:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Claims exorbitant and unsubstantiated<\/td>\n<td width=\"352\"><strong><em>Non-pecuniary damage:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EUR\u00a015,000<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Costs and expenses:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EUR\u00a02,250<\/p>\n<p>To be paid to Mr\u00a0V.V.\u00a0Afadeyev, as requested<\/p>\n<p>plus any tax chargeable to the applicant on the above amounts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"881\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"881\"><strong>2. Application no.\u00a048768\/16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by <\/strong><strong>Mr\u00a0Kostyantyn Sergiyovych Kononov<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian national born in 1983 and residing in Dnipro<\/p>\n<p><em>Lodged on 13\u00a0August\u00a02016<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"531\"><strong>Relevant facts and documents<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"350\"><strong>Article 3: key issues<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"531\"><em>(i) Applicant\u2019s account of alleged ill-treatment:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On 27 February\u00a02012 officers of the Krasnogvardiyskyy district police in Dnipro stopped the applicant in the street and compelled him to enter their car. Having first taken him to a deserted place and then to the police office, they repeatedly punched and kicked the applicant; hit him with a stick on the hands and with a water bottle on the head; suffocated him using a gas mask filled with cigarette smoke; and threatened to cause troubles to his family members unless he confessed to having robbed and raped several victims. Being afraid of further ill-treatment, the applicant agreed to give false self-incriminating statements and lied to the forensic expert and the detention facility authorities that no ill-treatment had taken place. Subsequently, the applicant drew attention of the court trying his case to the video-recording of his questioning of 1 March 2012, where allegedly one could see a hematoma on his forehead and a bruise under his left eye; however, these injuries were not recorded in the medical documents.<\/p>\n<p><em>(ii) Medical and other evidence:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>28\u00a0February\u00a02012 report no.\u00a0662e (Dnipropetrovsk forensic expert bureau): minor injuries (abrasions (both wrists, left thumb) sustained within one to two days of the examination; the abrasions on the applicant\u2019s wrists could possibly have been sustained by friction against handcuffs; the abrasion on the thumb could possibly have been sustained as a result of a fall from a height equivalent to that of the applicant.<\/p>\n<p><em>(iii) Domestic findings:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The injuries documented in the expert report of 28 February 2012 were likely sustained in a fall on the stairs (as explained by the applicant to the expert) and by friction of the wrists against handcuffs (last decision to close criminal proceedings: 6 July 2016, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor\u2019s Office).<\/p>\n<p><em>(iv) Other relevant information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(a) Duration of pre-trial detention: 27 February 2012 \u2013 10\u00a0July\u00a02014 (conviction at first instance); 7\u00a0July\u00a02016 &#8211; (conviction quashed on appeal) &#8211; 10\u00a0January 2018 (fresh conviction at first instance);<\/p>\n<p>(b) Duration of criminal proceedings against the applicant: 27\u00a0February 2012 \u2013 18\u00a0September\u00a02019, three levels of jurisdiction.<\/td>\n<td width=\"350\">(i) The State provided no plausible satisfactory and convincing explanation as to the origin of the applicant\u2019s documented injuries and did not disprove his account of alleged ill-treatment (for relevant examples, see <em>Oleksiy Mykhaylovych Zakharkin v.\u00a0Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a01727\/04, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a061\u201162, 24\u00a0June\u00a02010; and <em>Dushka v. Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a029175\/04, \u00a7\u00a048, 3\u00a0February\u00a02011).<\/p>\n<p>(ii) Delay in opening a full\u2011scale investigation (complaint lodged on 28\u00a0May\u00a02012, Krasnogvardiyskyy district prosecutor\u2019s office in Dnipro; investigation launched on 5\u00a0December\u00a02012; for relevant examples, see, <em>mutatis mutandis<\/em>,<em> Davydov and Others v. Ukraine<\/em>, nos.\u00a017674\/02 and 39081\/02, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a0310-12, 1\u00a0July\u00a02010; and <em>Chernega and Others v. Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a074768\/10, \u00a7\u00a0167, 18\u00a0June\u00a02019).<\/p>\n<p>(iii) Repeated remittals for reinvestigation in view of the shortcomings found by the supervising prosecutorial authorities (for relevant examples, see <em>Belousov v.\u00a0Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a04494\/07, \u00a7\u00a056, 7\u00a0November\u00a02013; and <em>Adnaralov v.\u00a0Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a010493\/12, \u00a7\u00a050, 27\u00a0November\u00a02014).<\/p>\n<p>(iv) Hasty conclusion that the documented injuries could have been sustained by falling on the stairs, without establishing the relevant timing and circumstances and omission to address the applicant\u2019s allegations of threats and the abuse of a gas mask and the undocumented injuries allegedly visible on the video-recording (for relevant examples, see <em>Gordiyenko v.\u00a0Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a027620\/09, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a095\u201196, 16 October 2014; and <em>Kleutin v.\u00a0Ukraine<\/em>, no.\u00a05911\/05, \u00a7\u00a068, 23\u00a0June\u00a02016).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"881\"><strong>Just satisfaction<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"531\"><strong>Parties\u2019 submissions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"350\"><strong>The Court\u2019s award<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"531\"><strong><em>Applicant:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Non-pecuniary damage:<\/em> EUR\u00a015,000<\/p>\n<p><em>Costs and expenses: <\/em>15,000 hryvnias (\u201cUAH\u201d) in legal fees incurred in domestic criminal proceedings (no supporting documents provided)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Government:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Claims exorbitant and unsubstantiated<\/td>\n<td width=\"350\"><strong><em>Non-pecuniary damage:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EUR\u00a015,000<\/p>\n<p>plus any tax that may be chargeable<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"social-share-buttons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=22238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=22238&text=CASE+OF+STOROZHUK+AND+KONONOV+v.+UKRAINE+%E2%80%93+13577%2F16+and+48768%2F16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=22238&title=CASE+OF+STOROZHUK+AND+KONONOV+v.+UKRAINE+%E2%80%93+13577%2F16+and+48768%2F16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=22238&description=CASE+OF+STOROZHUK+AND+KONONOV+v.+UKRAINE+%E2%80%93+13577%2F16+and+48768%2F16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pinterest<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The applicants referred, in particular, to Article\u00a03 of the Convention and alleged that they had been ill-treated by police officers and that the investigation into their complaints had been ineffective. 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