Information Note on the Court’s case-law 214
January 2018
Sukachov v. Ukraine - 14057/17
Article 3
Degrading treatment
Inhuman treatment
Conditions of detention in prison, during transportation and at court hearings: communicated
The applicant, who has been in pre-trial detention since 2012, complains under Article 3 of the Convention that the conditions of his detention in prison, during transportation and at court hearings have been inhuman and degrading. He complains in particular of overcrowding, poor sanitation and hygiene, a lack of ventilation and natural light, and of being confined to his cell for twenty-three hours a day. He also complains under Article 13 of a lack of effective remedies in the domestic law.
The question of the conditions of detention in Ukraine has been considered in a number of previous cases before the Court (see, for example, Nevmerzhitsky, Andrey Yakovenko, Logvinenko, Isayev and Melnik) and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has considered, pursuant to Article 46 § 2 of the Convention, measures adopted by the Ukrainian Government with a view to complying with the Court’s judgments. At its 1288th meeting held on 6-7 June 2017 the Ministers’ Deputies observed that it was increasingly clear from the Court’s judgments that the issues raised are structural in nature. In its questions to the parties in the instant case, the Court invited submissions regarding the suitability of the case for the pilot-judgment procedure and regarding any measures the Government have taken to resolve any structural problem that might exist at the national level.
Communicated under Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention.
(See also Nevmerzhitsky v. Ukraine, 54825/00, 5 April 2005, Information Note 74; Melnik v. Ukraine, 72286/01, 28 March 2006, Information Note 84; Isayev v. Ukraine, 28827/02, 28 May 2009; Logvinenko v. Ukraine, 13448/07, 14 October 2010; and Andrey Yakovenko v. Ukraine, 63727/11, 13 March 2014)
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