Published on 2 March 2026
FIFTH SECTION
Application no. 34482/20
Ruslan Anatoliyovych IGLIN
against Ukraine
lodged on 15 June 2020
communicated on 13 February 2026
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The case concerns the applicant’s placement in a prison located far from his family and the repeated rejections of his requests for transfer to a closer prison. Although the domestic courts cancelled one of such rejections and obliged the Ministry of Justice’s central commission to repeatedly examine the applicant’s transfer request, that request was rejected once again, on 19 October 2020, on similar grounds as before (lack of legal grounds for the transfer and absence of free places). In the applicant’s view, the circumstances of his case disclose a violation of Articles 8 and 13 of the Convention.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Has there been a violation of the applicant’s right to respect for his family life under Article 8 of the Convention on account of his placement in a prison remote from his home (see Vintman v. Ukraine, no. 28403/05, §§ 76-104, 23 October 2014)?
2. Did the applicant have at his disposal an effective domestic remedy within the meaning of Article 13 of the Convention in respect of the above complaint?