FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 22357/18
Oleg Olegovych LOSIKHIN against Ukraine
and 6 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 19 June 2025 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 lodged 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) and by registered post, 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 procedural conduct of the applicants, 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 10 July 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Andreas Zünd
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant
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.
22357/18
03/05/2018
Oleg Olegovych LOSIKHIN
1975
Article 6 § 1 - limitations on access to a court.
19/11/2024
(by eComms - not downloaded)
21/02/2025
(by registered post - returned undelivered)
2.
2467/19
11/12/2018
Oleksandr Vitaliyovych KUSHNARYOV
1953
Nataliya Gennadiyivna KUSHNARYOVA
1954
Fatima Raveyevna PAPURA
1974
Andriy Volodymyrovych KARKISHCHENKO
Art. 2 (1) - ineffective investigation into death, caused by private parties or in circumstances that exclude involvement of State agents;
Article 6 § 1 -excessive length of criminal proceedings;
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
06/06/2023
(by eComms - not downloaded)
14/09/2023
(by eComms - not downloaded)
02/02/2024
(by registered post - delivered on 20/03/2024 and 29/03/2024)
3.
32123/19
07/06/2019
Volodymyr Valeriyovych MARDAR
1990
Ganna Yuriyivna STYRKUL
Article 6 § 1 - limitations on access to a court
04/07/2024
(by eComms - not downloaded)
25/10/2014
(by eComms - not downloaded)
and
(by registered post - delivered on 22/11/2024)
4.
43694/19
14/08/2019
P.Y.K.
1971
Art. 8 (1) - Protection of private life in publications.
08/08/2024
(by eComms – downloaded on 08/08/2024)
06/11/2024
(by eComms - not downloaded)
15/01/2025
(by registered post - delivered on 07/02/2025)
5.
29332/20
19/06/2020
Ahmad FARAH
1956
Art. 1 of Pr. No. 1 – interference with the property rights in view of the confiscation of money by customs authorities
19/11/2024
(by regular post)
21/02/2025
(by registered post - returned undelivered)
6.
5809/24
19/02/2024
Sergiy Volodymyrovych VOLKOV
1961
Vladyslav Volodymyrovych OPANASYK
Art. 3 - Inadequate medical treatment in detention;
Art. 5 (3) - excessive length of pre-trial detention.
19/11/2024
(by eComms - not downloaded)
21/02/2025
(by registered post - delivered on 14/03/2025)
7.
7774/24
11/03/2024
Dmytro Dmytrovych LELYK
1978
Sergiy Oleksandrovych KULBACH
Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention;
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention.
17/10/2024
(by eComms – partially downloaded)
21/01/2025
(by eComms – downloaded on 21/01/2025)