FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Applications nos. 1121/22 and 7698/22
Ruslan Yuriyovych ANDRUKHOVYCH and Others
against Ukraine
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 21 March 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Mārtiņš Mits, President,
Kateřina Šimáčková,
Mykola Gnatovskyy, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicants,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”).
THE LAW
Joinder of the applicationsHaving regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
Complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention (excessive length of civil proceedings and lack of any effective remedy in domestic law)The Court, having examined all the materials submitted to it and having regard to its case-law on the subject, considers that the applicants’ complaints under Article 6 of the Convention are inadmissible since the length of the proceedings was not excessive or unreasonable (see Gusev v. Ukraine, no. 25531/12, § 37-38, 14 January 2021).
As regards the lack of any effective remedy for complaints raised above, the Court, considering its findings under Article 6 of the Convention, concludes that the applicants have no arguable claim for the purposes of Article 13 of the Convention.
In view of the above, the Court finds that these complaints are manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Declares the applications inadmissible.
Done in English and notified in writing on 11 April 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Mārtiņš Mits
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Start of proceedings
End of proceedings
Total length Levels of jurisdiction
1121/22
24/12/2021
(4 applicants)
Household
Ruslan Yuriyovych ANDRUKHOVYCH
1971
Alla Oleksandrivna ANDRUKHOVYCH
1946
Yana Oleksandrivna VAKULENKO
1987
Viktoriya Yuriyivna SHYSHATSKA
1967
Provotorov Yuriy Vasylyovych
Dnipro
07/08/2018
18/01/2023
4 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 12 day(s)
3 level(s) of jurisdiction
7698/22
29/01/2022
Dmytro Stepanovych PETRENKO
1976
Sobyna Pavlo Mykolayovych
Okhtyrka
02/09/2016
22/02/2022
5 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 21 day(s)
3 level(s) of jurisdiction