FIFTH SECTION
CASE OF MISHIN AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE
(Applications nos. 29381/16 and 13 others –
see appended list)
JUDGMENT
STRASBOURG
25 June 2026
This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.
In the case of Mishin and Others v. Ukraine,
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:
Andreas Zünd, President,
Vahe Grigoryan,
Sébastien Biancheri, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 4 June 2026,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
PROCEDURE1. The case originated in applications against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table.
2. The Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) were given notice of the applications.
THE FACTS3. The list of applicants and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table.
4. The applicants complained of the excessive length of criminal proceedings and of the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law.
THE LAWJOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS5. Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single judgment.
ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 6 § 1 AND ARTICLE 13 OF THE CONVENTION6. The applicants complained that the length of the criminal proceedings in question had been incompatible with the “reasonable time” requirement and that they had no effective remedy in this connection. They relied on Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention.
7. The Court reiterates that the reasonableness of the length of proceedings must be assessed in the light of the circumstances of the case and with reference to the following criteria: the complexity of the case, the conduct of the applicants and the relevant authorities and what was at stake for the applicants in the dispute (see, among many other authorities, Pélissier and Sassi v. France [GC], no. 25444/94, § 67, ECHR 1999‑II, and Frydlender v. France [GC], no. 30979/96, § 43, ECHR 2000‑VII).
8. In the leading case of Nechay v. Ukraine (no. 15360/10, 1 July 2021) the Court already found a violation in respect of issues similar to those in the present case.
9. Having examined all the material submitted to it, the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of justifying the overall length of the proceedings at the national level. Having regard to its case-law on the subject, the Court considers that in the instant case the length of the proceedings was excessive and failed to meet the “reasonable time” requirement.
10. The Court further notes that the applicants did not have at their disposal an effective remedy in respect of these complaints.
11. These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article 6 § 1 and of Article 13 of the Convention.
APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 41 OF THE CONVENTION12. Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case‑law (see, in particular, Bevz v. Ukraine, no. 7307/05, § 52, 18 June 2009), the Court finds it reasonable to award the sums indicated in the appended table.
FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT, UNANIMOUSLY, Decides to join the applications; Declares the applications admissible; Holds that these applications disclose a breach of Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings and lack of an effective domestic remedy in that respect; Holds that the respondent State is to pay the applicants, within three months, the amounts indicated in the appended table, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement; 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.Done in English, and notified in writing on 25 June 2026, pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court.
Viktoriya Maradudina Andreas Zünd
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention
(excessive length of criminal proceedings and lack of any effective remedy in domestic law)
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
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage per applicant
(in euros)[1]
29381/16
14/05/2016
Oleksiy Ivanovych MISHIN
1983
Golovnya Stanislav Dmytrovych
Chornobay
27/08/2007
18/12/2015
8 year(s) and 3 month(s) and 22 day(s)
4 level(s) of jurisdiction
500
56656/21
15/11/2021
Rustam Narkuliyevych ACHILOV
1978
Kushnir Valeriy Volodymyrovych
Dnipro
03/12/2018
pending
More than 7 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 17 day(s)
1 level(s) of jurisdiction
2,400
29743/24
26/09/2024
Dmytro Dmytrovych LELYK
1978
Yolkin Andriy Valeriyovych
Kryvyy Rig
26/04/2019
28/05/2024
5 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 3 day(s)
1 level(s) of jurisdiction
1,500
16463/25
22/05/2025
Anton Oleksandrovych LEVCHENKO
1983
16/04/2014
23/01/2025
10 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 8 day(s)
1 level(s) of jurisdiction
3,400
16559/25
22/05/2025
Taras Gennadiyovych KRAVETS
1985
16/04/2014
23/01/2025
10 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 8 day(s)
1 level(s) of jurisdiction
3,400
17186/25
22/05/2025
Gennadiy Volodymyrovych TAMBOVTSEV
1974
16/04/2014
23/01/2025
10 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 8 day(s)
1 level(s) of jurisdiction
3,400
18169/25
06/06/2025
Viktor Mykhaylovych TRACH
1961
Svidenko Kostyantyn Borysovych
Kyiv
27/11/2013
pending
More than 12 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 23 day(s)
2 level(s) of jurisdiction
4,200
20337/25
19/06/2025
Ruslana Valeriyivna FROLOVA
1979
Shugalevych Igor Vasylyovych
Odesa
06/10/2015
pending
More than 10 year(s) and 7 month(s) and 14 day(s)
1 level(s) of jurisdiction
4,800
20479/25
26/06/2025
Sergiy Mykolayovcyh YAVORSKYY
1975
Poznyak Oleksandr Mykolayovych
Kyiv
13/02/2015
pending
More than 11 year(s) and 3 month(s) and 7 day(s)
2 level(s) of jurisdiction
3,600
22345/25
11/07/2025
Viktor Volodymyrovych SIVKOV
1962
Yolkin Andriy Valeriyovych
Kryvyy Rig
17/07/2017
pending
More than 8 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 3 day(s)
2 level(s) of jurisdiction
2,400
25138/25
28/07/2025
Vladyslav Viktorovych GARKAVYY
1979
Pogibko Oleksandr Olegovych
Odesa
26/09/2016
pending
More than 9 year(s) and 7 month(s) and 24 day(s)
3 level(s) of jurisdiction
2,400
25277/25
22/06/2025
Volodymyr Viktorovych KONDRATENKO
1963
07/07/2023
Pending
The applicant was arrested on 04/03/2018 on suspicion of having committed a crime. In the case Ganysh and Others v. Ukraine (applications nos. 36314/15 and 2 others, 6 July 2023), the Court has already found a violation of Article 6 of the Convention in view of the excessive length of same set of the criminal proceedings.
More than 2 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 13 day(s)
1 level(s) of jurisdiction
900
29001/25
29/08/2025
Sergiy Yuriyovych CHEKMARYOV
1977
Levkov Vitaliy Mykolayovych
Kharkiv
28/09/2017
08/05/2025
7 year(s) and 7 month(s) and 11 day(s)
3 level(s) of jurisdiction
1,200
29663/25
08/09/2025
Sergiy Volodymyrovych TULYULYA
1981
Sydorchuk Kateryna Anatoliyivna
Mykolayiv
26/10/2015
pending
More than 10 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 24 day(s)
1 level(s) of jurisdiction
4,800
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.