FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
This version was rectified on 24 March 2016
under Rule 81 of the Rules of Court
Application no. 69256/12
Leonid Ignatovych STRYELKA against Ukraine
and 81 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 3 December 2015 as a Committee composed of:
Khanlar Hajiyev, President,
André Potocki,
Síofra O’Leary, judges,
and Karen Reid, Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the declarations submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table[1].
The applicants’ complaints under Articles 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 concerning the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”).
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.
On various dates the Government informed the Court that they proposed to make unilateral declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the applications in accordance with Article 37 of the Convention.
The declarations provided as follows:
“The Government acknowledge the excessive duration of enforcement of the domestic decisions, listed in the appendix to this unilateral declaration.
The Government are ready to enforce the domestic decisions listed in the appendix which remain enforceable and to pay to each of the applicants the sum of EUR 1,000.
The sum of EUR 1,000 is to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages as well as costs and expenses, to be converted into the national currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of settlement. The State will pay the abovementioned sum and enforce the domestic decisions, which remain enforceable, within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article 37 § 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In the event of failure to pay this sum and to enforce the domestic decisions within the said three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them from expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
This payment and the enforcement of the above domestic decisions will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
The Government therefore invite the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases. They suggest that the present declaration might be accepted by the Court as "any other reason" justifying the striking out of the case of the Court’s list of cases, as referred to in Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention.”
The Court has not received a response from the applicants which accepts the terms of the unilateral declaration.
The Court observes that Article 37 § 1 (c) enables it to strike a case out of its list if:
“for any other reason established by the Court, it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications”.
Thus, it may strike out applications under Article 37 § 1 (c) on the basis of a unilateral declaration by a respondent Government even if the applicants wish the examination of the cases to be continued (see the principles emerging from the Court’s case-law, and in particular the Tahsin Acar v. Turkey judgment ([GC], no. 26307/95, §§ 75‑77, ECHR 2003-VI)).
The Court has established clear and extensive case-law concerning complaints relating to the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions (see, for example, Yuriy Nikolayevich Ivanov v. Ukraine, no 40450/04, 15 October 2009; Tsibulko and Others v. Ukraine [Committee], no. 65656/11 and 249 other applications, 20 June 2013).
Noting the admissions contained in the Government’s declarations as well as the amount of compensation proposed – which is consistent with the amounts awarded in similar cases – the Court considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications (Article 37 § 1 (c)).
In the light of the above considerations, the Court is satisfied that respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto does not require it to continue the examination of the applications (Article 37 § 1 in fine).
Finally, the Court emphasises that, should the Government fail to comply with the terms of their unilateral declarations, the applications may be restored to the list in accordance with Article 37 § 2 of the Convention (Josipović v. Serbia (dec.), no. 18369/07, 4 March 2008).
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list as regards the complaints concerning the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions.
Some applicants also raised other complaints under various articles of the Convention. The Court considers that, in the light of all the material in its possession and in so far as the matters complained of are within its competence, these complaints do not disclose any appearance of a violation of the rights and freedoms set out in the Convention or the Protocols thereto.
It follows that this part of the applications is manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Takes note of the terms of the respondent Government’s declarations in so far as they concern the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions, and of the arrangements for ensuring compliance with the undertakings referred to therein;
Decides to strike this part of the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention;
Declares the remainder of the applications inadmissible.
Done in English and notified in writing on 7 January 2016.
Karen ReidKhanlar Hajiyev
RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No
Application No
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Domestic decisions[2]
State of enforcement/ the facts indicating that decision is not subject to enforcement
(as provided by the Government on 22 February 2016)[3]
69256/12
15/10/2012
Leonid Ignatovych STRYELKA
15/07/1949
Zaporizhzhya
Komunarskyy District Court of Zaporizhzhya, 23.12.2010, as amended by Dnipropetrovsk Administrative Court of Appeal, 27.09.2012
Not enforced
1929/13
27/12/2012
Nina Borysivna YAVORSKA
22/10/1947
Chernigiv
Novozavodskyy District Court of Chernihiv, 17.06.2009
Not enforced
5430/13
09/01/2013
Oleksandr Stepanovych REYDA
08/07/1971
Zaporizhzhya
Dnipropetrovsk Administrative Court of Appeal, 17.01.2012
Not enforced
21207/13
16/03/2013
Lyudmyla Trofymivna PYVOVAR
24/12/1956
Ovruch
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 20.10.2010
Not enforced
24091/13
28/03/2013
Sergiy Ivanovych GAVRYLOVSKYY
02/01/1961
Gladkovychi
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 23.03.2009
Not enforced
24808/13
03/04/2013
Yuriy Ivanovych SAKHNO
23/10/1959
Nizhyn
Nizhyn Town-District Court of Chernihiv Region, 25.06.2011
Not enforced
25765/13
06/04/2013
Valentyna Grygorivna SAVENKO
24/12/1956
Zaporizhzhya
Dnipropetrovsk Administrative Court of Appeal, 20.09.2012
Not enforced
31325/13
08/04/2013
Vasyl Mykolayovych GEYTOTA
09/01/1961
Kolomyya
Kolomyya Town-District Court of Ivano-Frankivsk Region, 14.09.2010
Not enforced
36646/13
10/05/2013
Igor Romanovych MAGMET
20/08/1959
Kolomyya
Kolomyya Town-District Court of Ivano-Frankivsk Region, 21.12.2004
Not enforced
39062/13
08/06/2013
Galyna Pavlivna CHORNA
16/03/1960
Ovruch
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 27.10.2010
Not enforced
44721/13
06/07/2013
Viktor Adamovych NEDASHKIVSKYY
21/12/1958
Sloboda
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 04.08.2009
Not enforced
49723/13
26/07/2013
Nadiya Sergiyivna NEDASHKIVSKA
09/04/1959
Sloboda
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 20.05.2009
Not enforced
49993/13
01/08/2013
Vasyl Mykolayovych GORDIYENKO
15/06/1951
Nedrygayliv
Nedrygayliv District Court of Sumy Region, 09.03.2011
Not enforced
54112/13
08/08/2013
Pavlo Petrovych LUGYNETS
21/08/1959
Ovruch
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 02.04.2009
Not enforced
54633/13
21/08/2013
Sergiy Valentynovych KHRYKOV
22/07/1957
Chernigiv
Desnyanskyy District Court of Chernihiv, 29.11.2010
Not enforced
55924/13
20/08/2013
Nataliya Borysivna SAVCHENKO
01/01/1967
Tarashcha
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 03.02.2011
Not enforced
56121/13
20/08/2013
Olga Ivanivna SEKTYM
05/10/1952
Tarashcha
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 10.12.2009, as amended by the Court of Appeal of Kyiv Region, 12.07.2011
Not enforced
56156/13
12/08/2013
Nadiya Ivanivna DYACHOK
01/05/1968
Ratsevo
Chygyryn District Court of Cherkasy Region, 18.12.2009
Not enforced
56569/13
29/08/2013
Oleksandr Ivanovych MAYURENKO
07/08/1948
Chernigiv
Novozavodskyy District Court of Chernihiv, 26.01.2010
Not enforced
58171/13
02/09/2013
Mykhaylo Mykhaylovych KOVALENKO
01/01/1984
Tarashcha
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 19.10.2011
Not enforced
59512/13
10/09/2013
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych POLISHCHUK
31/05/1952
Tarashcha
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 21.10.2011
Not enforced
60107/13
13/09/2013
Sergey Anatolyevich MARTYNYUK
31/01/1963
Kharkiv
Moskovskyy District Court of Kharkiv, 13.07.2010
Not enforced
62028/13
20/09/2013
Mykhaylo Leonidovych SYDORENKO
12/11/1957
Burshtyn
Lviv Administrative Court of Appeal, 16.02.2010
Not enforced
65408/13
07/10/2013
Lyudmila Ivanovna GOLYUK
24/05/1962
Kharkiv
Frunzenskyy District Court of Kharkiv, 28.12.2010, as amended by Kharkiv Administrative Court of Appeal, 20.07.2011
Not enforced
66336/13
11/10/2013
Petro Dmytrovych NYKYTENKO
16/12/1951
Kuybysheve
Kuybyshevskyy District Court of Zaporizhzhya Region, 09.03.2011
Not enforced
66684/13
15/10/2013
Volodymyr Vasylyovych KYYAN
27/03/1952
Lozuvatka
Shpola District Court of Cherkasy Region, 22.08.2011
Not enforced
67804/13
15/10/2013
Vasyl Vasylyovych LITVISHKO
06/12/1935
Zaporizhzhya
Komunarskyy District Court of Zaporizhzhya, 30.12.2010, as amended by Dnipropertovsk Administrative Court of Appeal, 28.11.2011
Not enforced
69666/13
18/10/2013
Sergiy Oleksandrovych KOROBOV
25/09/1958
Kuybysheve
Kuybyshevskyy District Court of Zaporizhzhya Region, 28.03.2011
Not enforced
70961/13
28/10/2013
Galyna Stepanivna SYDORENKO
11/09/1959
Burshtyn
Lviv Administrative Court of Appeal, 06.07.2010
Not enforced
71095/13
05/11/2013
Vitaliy Yukhymovych BOYKO
26/01/1941
Gladkovychi
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 01.06.2010
Not enforced
71180/13
04/11/2013
Valentyna Ivanivna SMYK
23/09/1960
Nizhyn
1) Nizhyn Town-District Court of Chernihiv Region, 10.11.2010
2) Nizhyn Town-District Court of Chernihiv Region, 07.07.2009, as amended by the Appeal Court of Chernihiv Region, 06.07.2011
Not enforced
72388/13
12/11/2013
Yanina Ivanivna KOVAL
10/08/1948
Ovruch
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 26.05.2009
Enforced on 30.12.2014
74054/13
18/11/2013
Volodymyr Mykolayovych POTAPOV
22/07/1950
Chernigiv
Novozavodskyy District Court of Chernihiv, 15.09.2011
Not enforced
77529/13
29/11/2013
Vasyl Grygorovych KOBYLYNSKYY
21/05/1951
Zhytomyr
Bohunskyy District Court of Zhytomyr, 10.03.2011
Not enforced
79117/13
02/12/2013
Vasyl Vasylyovych POPOVYCH
22/01/1966
Zakrivtsi
Kolomyya Town-District Court of Ivano-Frankivsk Region, 24.12.2010
Not enforced
79156/13
03/12/2013
Oleksandr Mykolayovych LOS
27/07/1969
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr Circuit Administrative Court, 01.06.2009
Not enforced
79203/13
05/12/2013
Mykola Ivanovych LOMOVYTSKYKH
18/10/1956
Ovruch
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 24.11.2009
Not enforced
80115/13
07/12/2013
Mykola Sergiyovych RYABCHENKO
14/06/1958
Ovruch
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 23.04.2009
Not enforced
80430/13
07/12/2013
Iryna Volodymyrivna LEVKIVSKA
10/05/1980
Ovruch
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 13.05.2011
Not enforced
1794/14
20/12/2013
Tetyana Dmytrivna ROZPUTNYA
31/03/1947
Tarashcha
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 25.01.2011
Not enforced
3130/14
10/12/2013
Volodymyr Ivanovych KUSHCH
01/04/1945
Chernigiv
1) Desnyanskyy District Court of Chernihiv, 06.12.2011
2) Desnyanskyy District Court of Chernihiv, 30.05.2011
Not enforced
5344/14
14/01/2014
Volodymyr Ivanovych MYKHAYLICHENKO
23/09/1948
Pryluky
Pryluky Town-District Court of Chernihiv Region, 01.10.2009
Not enforced
9139/14
17/01/2014
Olena Prokopivna PANUKHNYK
29/07/1955
Ovruch
1) Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 05.09.2011
2) Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 18.07.2011
Not enforced
12712/14
27/01/2014
Anatoliy Vasylyovych MAZHUGA
14/11/1962
Pryluky
Pryluky Town-District Court of Chernihiv Region, 18.10.2011
Not enforced
13559/14
28/01/2014
Ivan Ivanovych KARPUSHA
14/06/1964
Ladan
Pryluky Town-District Court of Chernihiv Region, 23.09.2011
Not enforced
14258/14
26/12/2013
Lidiya Mykolayivna KOVALYOVA
21/12/1938
Zaporizhzhya
Komunarskyy District Court of Zaporizhzhya, 13.09.2011
Not enforced
15247/14
14/05/2014
Vyacheslav Ivanovych NECHAY
28/10/1949
Tarashcha
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 18.02.2011
Not enforced
15279/14
18/04/2014
Nina Prokopivna NECHAY
25/12/1951
Tarashcha
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 16.03.2011
Not enforced
16212/14
12/02/2014
Valentyna Mykolayivna ZAVADTSKA
22/09/1962
Ovruch
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 22.06.2009
Enforced on 27.02.2015
16269/14
25/12/2013
Mykola Ivanovych BERSENYOV
14/08/1947
Zaporizhzhya
Dnipropetrovsk Administrative Court of Appeal, 30.08.2012
Not enforced
16463/14
19/02/2014
Ganna Ivanivna DYOMINA
12/04/1950
Ovruch
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 23.06.2009
Not enforced
17217/14
19/02/2014
Lyudmyla Ivanivna LAVNYK
08/06/1978
Ovruch
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 18.08.2010
Not enforced
17806/14
08/02/2014
Sergiy Mykolayovych SERDYUCHENKO
10/08/1955
Bogdanivka
Pryluky Town-District Court of Chernihiv Region, 01.08.2011
Not enforced
18101/14
20/02/2014
Larysa Mykhaylivna SHVAB
28/07/1973
Ovruch
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 15.09.2010
Not enforced
20540/14
24/02/2014
Nina Oleksiyivna LEBEDYEVA
07/02/1950
Tulchyn
Tulchyn District Court of Vinnytsya Region, 31.08.2011
Not enforced
21860/14
07/03/2014
Mariya Sergiyivna KOMARENKO
06/10/1938
Zaporizzya
Komunarskyy District Court of Zaporizhzhya, 24.02.2011
Not enforced
28154/14
16/06/2014
Vadym Leonidovych TSARYK
08/12/1977
Tarashcha
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 01.03.2011
Not enforced
28386/14
23/06/2014
Vira Grygorivna UKHATA
28/11/1959
Tarashcha
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 19.07.2011
Not enforced
30039/14
03/04/2014
Petro Ivanovych DEMYDCHUK
26/07/1948
Poliske
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 20.07.2011
Not enforced
30936/14
04/07/2014
Zoya Mykolayivna FRANCHUK
24/09/1948
Tarashcha
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 09.03.2011
Not enforced
30948/14
02/07/2014
Olena Grygorivna BILOUS
01/01/1956
Tarashcha
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 27.12.2011
Not enforced
31073/14
08/07/2014
Mariya Zakharivna LUKYANKO
01/01/1947
Tarashcha
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 24.01.2011, as amended by Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeal, 10.04.2012
Not enforced
32404/14
08/07/2014
Zinayida Vasylivna OSADCHA
16/03/1971
Tarashcha
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 19.08.2010
Not enforced
32462/14
11/07/2014
Pavlina Ivanivna VOZNA
01/11/1953
Luka
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 01.12.2010
Not enforced
32903/14
16/07/2014
Ganna Kuzmivna GRYGORENKO
06/05/1929
Kivshovata
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 27.12.2010
Not enforced
38577/14
21/10/2014
Sergiy Ivanovych BOYKO
01/02/1941
Tarashcha
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 26.05.2011
Not enforced
39291/14
11/09/2014
Sava Mykhaylovych SUKHOMLYN
17/12/1967
Kruti Gorby
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 17.02.2011
Not enforced
40879/14
15/10/2014
Lyubov Stepanivna KARPAN
05/04/1947
Tarashcha
Tarashcha District Court of Kyiv Region, 07.03.2011
Not enforced
48662/14
24/06/2014
Liliya Ivanivna YAKYMYSHYN
29/06/1960
Chortkiv
Chortkiv District Court of Ternopil Region, 01.04.2011
Not enforced
48665/14
27/06/2014
Volodymyr Mykhaylovych MAKAROV
25/01/1949
Chortkiv
Chortkiv District Court of Ternopil Region, 19.04.2011
Not enforced
48681/14
27/05/2014
Petro Mykolayovych LISHCHYNSKYY
10/07/1935
Kolyndyany
Chortkiv District Court of Ternopil Region, 21.09.2010
Not enforced
48689/14
27/06/2014
Fedir Makarovych GLUKH
02/03/1937
Kolyndyany
Chortkiv District Court of Ternopil Region, 28.09.2010, as amended by the Court of Appeal of Ternopil Region, 26.05.2011
Not enforced
50238/14
04/07/2014
Pavlina Vasylivna KUCHERKO
26/05/1941
Chortkiv
Lviv Administrative Court of Appeal, 01.03.2012
Not enforced
50242/14
04/07/2014
Galyna Yulianivna PUSHKARENKO
05/03/1952
Chortkiv
Chortkiv District Court of Ternopil Region, 27.04. 2011
Not enforced
50262/14
04/07/2014
Mykhaylo Petrovych PUSHKARENKO
16/06/1948
Chortkiv
Chortkiv District Court of Ternopil Region, 27.04.2011
Not enforced
60068/14
28/08/2014
Svitlana Oleksandrivna PINCHUK
14/10/1972
Ovruch
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 21.09.2009
Not enforced
61088/14
11/10/2014
Iryna Zhytoslavivna NAPORA
18/06/1976
Yezupil
Tysmenytsya District Court of Ivano-Frankivsk Region, 30.09.2009
Not enforced
62466/14
04/11/2014
Oleksandr Rodionovych DUDCHYK
02/12/1962
Zaporizhzhya
Komunarskyy District Court of Zaporizhzhya, 26.09.2011
Not enforced
63306/14
08/09/2014
Valentyna Vasylivna NEDZYALKIVSKA
12/04/1951
Radchytsi
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 27.05.2009
Not enforced
72895/14
07/11/2014
Mykhaylo Viktorovych PARSHOVETS
02/01/1990
Ovruch
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 04.03.2010
Not enforced
72948/14
07/11/2014
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych SHATYLO
20/01/1942
Ovruch
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 20.10.2009
Not enforced
74469/14
20/11/2014
Olga Lukashivna BILOTSKA
20/02/1941
Krasylivka
Ovruch District Court of Zhytomyr Region, 17.05.2011
Not enforced
[1]. Rectified on 24 March 2016 the text was: “The list of applicants is set out in the appended table”.
[2]. Rectified on 24 March 2016: column added
[3]. Rectified on 24 March 2016: column added
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