THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 49537/14
Ukraine
against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 1 September 2015 as a Chamber composed of:

Luis López Guerra, President,

Josep Casadevall,

Kristina Pardalos,

Ganna Yudkivska,

Johannes Silvis,

Valeriu Griţco,

Dmitry Dedov, judges,

and Stephen Phillips, Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 9 July 2014,

Having regard to the interim measure indicated to both the respondent and the applicant Governments under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The case originated in an application (no. 49537/14) against the Russian Federation lodged with the European Court of Human Rights (“the Court”) under Article 33 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by Ukraine on 9 July 2014.

The Government of Ukraine (“the applicant Government”) were represented, most recently, by Mr B. Babin, their Agent. The Russian Government (“the respondent Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr G. Matyushkin.

The applicant Government complained under Articles 2, 3 and 5 of the Convention about deprivation of liberty and treatment of Mr H. Dzhemilov, a Ukrainian national belonging to the Crimean Tatars ethnic group, in the cont