Published on 29 January 2024
FIFTH SECTION
Application no. 34040/23
Mykhaylo Igorovych BYELYAYEV
against Ukraine
lodged on 22 August 2023
communicated on 9 January 2024
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns allegedly inadequate medical treatment in detention. Specifically, the applicant, a life prisoner, complains of the extraction of his three teeth on 10 January 2021, performed by the chief of the medical unit in the absence of a dentist who could have allegedly cured them. According to the applicant, on 14 July 2023 the Konotop Local Court of Sumy Region by its final decision dismissed the applicant’s complaint regarding this incident.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Did the applicant receive adequate medical treatment in detention, in compliance with Article 3 of the Convention?
2. Are the documents submitted by the applicant in support of his allegations authentic?