FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 2801/20
Volodymyr Mykolayovych BALA
against Ukraine
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 18 February 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Ivana Jelić, President,
Ganna Yudkivska,
Arnfinn Bårdsen, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 17 March 2020,
Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.
The applicant’s complaint under Article 3 of the Convention concerning his life sentence with no prospect of release was communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”).
THE LAW
Complaint under Article 3 of the Convention (life sentence with no prospect of release)
In the present application, having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that for the reasons stated below, the application is inadmissible.
In particular, the Court notes that the present complaint is substantially the same as the matter already examined by the Court in the applicant’s application no. 9511/18 (see Lopata and Others v. Ukraine, nos. 84210/17 and 23 others, §§ 6‑9, 10 December 2020, application no. 2 in the appended table).
In view of the above, the Court finds that this complaint is inadmissible and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 2 (b) and 4 of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Declares the application inadmissible.
Done in English and notified in writing on 11 March 2021.
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Liv TigerstedtIvana Jelić
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention
(life sentence with no prospect of release)
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Name of the trial court
Date of the life sentence
Judicial decision upholding the conviction
2801/20
17/03/2020
Volodymyr Mykolayovych BALA
1976
Chernigiv Court of Appeal
08/08/2003
Supreme Court
18/11/2003
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