FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Applications nos. 19981/24 and 20119/24
Galyna Leonidivna KONSTANTYNOVA against Ukraine
and Oleksandr Sergiyovych BONDARENKO against Ukraine
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 19 February 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Andreas Zünd, President,
Diana Sârcu,
Mykola Gnatovskyy, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above 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,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The applicants’ complaints under the Convention were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The applicants were required to submit their observations in reply, however, the contact with the applicants was lost (see appended table for details).
By letters sent via the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms), the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired and that no extension of time had been requested (see appended table for dates and details).
The applicants’ attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. No reply followed.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications.
Accordingly, the cases should be struck out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 12 March 2026.
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Viktoriya Maradudina Andreas Zünd
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name
Main complaints
raised
Date of sending
Government’s
observations to the
applicant
Date of the
Court strike-out
warning letter
1.
19981/24
26/06/2024
Galyna Leonidivna KONSTANTYNOVA
1950
Art. 6 (1) - excessive length of civil proceedings;
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law
05/06/2025
(by eComms -
downloaded)
17/10/2025
(by eComms -
downloaded)
2.
20119/24
27/06/2024
Oleksandr Sergiyovych BONDARENKO
1993
Maryna Yuriyivna SHLYKOVA
Art. 6 (1) - denial of access to higher courts
20/05/2025
(by eComms -
downloaded)
30/07/2025
(by eComms -
downloaded)