FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no 20653/13
Aleksandr Ivanovich VELIGZHANIN against Ukraine
and 75 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 15 December 2016 as a committee composed of:
Khanlar Hajiyev, President,
Faris Vehabović,
Carlo Ranzoni, judges,
and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicants,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicant and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Articles 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of the Protocol No. 1 concerning the non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”).
THE LAW
A. Joinder of the applications
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
B. Complaints under Articles 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of the Protocol No. 1 related to protracted non-enforcement
In the present applications, having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that, for the reasons stated below, the respondent Government cannot be held liable for non-enforcement of the domestic decisions.
In particular, the Court notes that in present cases the amounts of the outstanding debt due to the applicants are not higher than EUR 200 and the applicants did not submit any arguments or evidence to suggest that the delay in the payment of such awards had a significant impact on their personal lives.
The Court has previously found a lack of “significant disadvantage” in the cases, where delay concerned the payment of a relatively small award: the amount in question was equal to or less than sums up to EUR 200 (see, for example, Svystun v. Ukraine (dec.), no. 58915/16 and two other applications, 3 November 2016).
The Court further notes that in the present cases delay in enforcement concerned the payment of monthly allowances and pension supplements that do not constitute the primary source of revenue for the applicants.
The Court finds therefore that in present cases the applicants did not suffer any significant disadvantage as a result of the non-enforcement of the domestic decisions.
The Court also notes that “respect for human rights”, as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto, does not require examination of the present complaints on the merits, as the problem of non-enforcement of final decisions has already been addressed in the Court’s pilot judgment against Ukraine adopted in the case of Yuriy Nikolayevich Ivanov v. Ukraine (no. 40450/04, judgment of 15 October 2009) and in a number of other cases examined against Ukraine under “the well-established case-law procedure” (see, for instance, Khvorostyanoy and Others v. Ukraine [Committee], nos. 54552/09 and foll., 25 July 2013; Shchukin and Others v. Ukraine [Committee], nos. 59834/09 and foll., 13 February 2014; Shtefan and Others v. Ukraine [Committee], nos. 36762/06 and foll., 31 July 2014, etc.).
Finally, the Court considers that the applicants’ cases were duly considered by domestic tribunals within the meaning of Article 35 § 3 (b) with the decisions favourable to the applicants.
In view of the above, the Court finds that these complaints should be rejected as inadmissible in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 (b) and 4 of the Convention.
C. Remaining complaints
Some applicants also raised other complaints under various articles of the Convention. The Court has examined the applications and 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 either do not meet the admissibility criteria set out in Articles 34 and 35 of the Convention or do not disclose any appearance of a violation of the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Convention or the Protocols thereto.
It follows that this part of the applications must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 § 4 of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Declares the applications inadmissible.
Hasan BakırcıKhanlar Hajiyev
Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of the Protocol No. 1
(non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions and lack of any effective remedy in domestic law)
No.
Application
no. and date of introduction
Applicant name
date of birth (if known)
place of residence
nationality
Final domestic decision details
20653/13
27/02/2013
Aleksandr Ivanovich VELIGZHANIN
15/02/1933
Druzhelyubovka
Ukrainian
1. Dobrovelychkivka Local Court of Kirovograd Region, 23/08/2011
2. Dobrovelychkivka Local Court of Kirovograd Region, 29/11/2010
21681/13
20/03/2013
Mykola Mykolayovych DOSKACH
04/03/1959
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Dnipropetrovsk Administrative Court of Appeal, 24/05/2012
21685/13
11/03/2013
Viktor Fedorovych BUTENKO
22/07/1962
Kuybyshyve
Ukrainian
Ordzhonikidzevskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 12/05/2011
58245/13
30/08/2013
Mykola Grygorovych SVIBOVYCH
02/10/1939
Volodymyrivka
Ukrainian
Sakhnovshchyna Local Court of Kharkiv Region, 27/07/2011
60423/13
19/08/2013
Viktor Kostyantynovych KOZYRKOV
04/01/1936
Kirovograd
Ukrainian
Leninskyy Local Court of Kirovograd, 15/12/2011
62155/13
20/09/2013
Oleksandr Fedorovych SKRYPNYK
17/10/1954
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Dnipropetrovsk Administrative Court of Appeal, 02/08/2012
66304/13
07/10/2013
Oleksandr Fedorovych ANTONYUK
01/01/1940
Tetiyiv
Ukrainian
Tetiyiv Local Court of Kyiv Region, 08/11/2010
66592/13
11/10/2013
Sergey Denisovich KIRILOVETS
29/09/1941
Kirivograd
Ukrainian
1. Leninskyy Local Court of Kirovograd, 04/03/2011
2. Leninskyy Local Court of Kirovograd, 08/08/2011
69544/13
25/10/2013
Rayisa Ivanivna BALABAYKINA
17/02/1942
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 15/04/2011
70685/13
02/11/2013
Lidiya Oleksandrivna MAGDA
28/10/1937
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 20/05/2011
70937/13
01/11/2013
Lidiya Mykhaylivna KUZUBOVA
09/11/1938
Kharkiv
Ukrainian
1. Ordzhonikidzevskyy Local Court of Kharkiv, 29/04/2011
2. Ordzhonikidzevskyy Local Court of Kharkiv, 19/09/2011
71039/13
30/10/2013
Ganna Stepanivna KUKOBA
01/05/1941
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 10/03/2011
71246/13
30/10/2013
Fedir Fedorovych ZARUBIN
17/06/1941
Kharkiv
Ukrainian
Kominternivskyy Local Court of Kharkiv, 22/07/2011
71270/13
29/10/2013
Nadezhda Aleksandrovna OGIYENKO
25/07/1944
Kirovograd
Ukrainian
1. Kirovskyy Local Court of Kirovograd, 15/07/2011
2. Kirovskyy Local Court of Kirovograd, 16/12/2011
71969/13
07/11/2013
Svitlana Mykolayivna ANTYPOVA
08/06/1941
Kharkiv
Ukrainian
Frunzenskyy Local Court of Kharkiv, 04/05/2011
73930/13
12/11/2013
Lyudmyla Fedorivna DENYSOVA
19/04/1941
Kharkiv
Ukrainian
Moskovskyy Local Court of Kharkiv, 04/07/2011
74278/13
11/11/2013
Valentyn Petrovych SAKHNO
02/01/1955
Kuybysheve
Ukrainian
Ordzhonikidzevskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 19/07/2011
952/14
20/12/2013
Oleksiy Ivanovych PRYKHODKO
31/03/1947
Taranivka
Ukrainian
Zmiyiv Local Court of Kharkiv Region, 14/06/2011, as amended by Kharkiv Administrative Court of Appeal, 01/12/2011
2002/14
16/12/2013
Rayisa Grygorivna OBEREMKO
14/03/1940
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Khortytskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 16/06/2011
2013/14
16/12/2013
Oleksandr Mykolayovych AGARKOV
25/08/1952
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Ordzhonikidzevskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 20/06/2011
4229/14
26/12/2013
Mykola Semenovych KARVATSKYY
12/12/1940
Yezupil
Ukrainian
Mariya Oleksiyivna KARVATSKA
16/04/1945
Yezupil
Ukrainian
Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Administrative Court, 15/06/2009, as amended by Lviv Administrative Court of Appeal, 23/06/2011
6320/14
26/12/2013
Anatoliy Grygorovych KURYLEKH
03/01/1954
Poltava
Ukrainian
Leninskyy Local Court of Poltava, 26/08/2011, as amended by Kharkiv Administrative Court of Appeal, 15/02/2012
6361/14
30/12/2013
Nina Vasylivna ZORENKO
12/08/1958
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Leninskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya,22/08/2011
7110/14
20/12/2013
Mykola Grygorovych KARYAKA
22/05/1959
Energodar
Ukrainian
Ordzhonikidzevskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 03/08/2011
8514/14
11/01/2014
Oleg Borysovych IVANENKO
27/10/1944
Zhytomyr
Ukrainian
1. Bogunskyy Local Court of Zhytomyr, 02/08/2011 in the light of the decision of the Bogunskyy Local Court of Zhytomyr, 27/11/2013
8613/14
13/01/2014
Anatoliy Andriyovych GOROSHKO
06/01/1940
Taranivka
Ukrainian
Zmiyiv Local Court of Kharkiv Region, 01/12/2010
10690/14
23/01/2014
Oleksandr Olegovych FEDOROV
24/06/1958
Ovruch
Ukrainian
Ovruch Local Court of Zhytomyr Region, 13/10/2009
14170/14
05/02/2014
Galyna Yukhymivna MATUSEVYCH
16/08/1941
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 20/09/2011
14174/14
05/02/2014
Valentyna Ivanivna GORBAN
26/03/1935
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 07/07/2011
14283/14
30/12/2013
Yuriy Maksymovych STOROZHENKO
13/07/1933
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Khortytskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 14/06/2011
14294/14
30/12/2013
Mykola Yakovych KAYCHENKO
24/10/1951
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Khortytskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 15/06/2011
14299/14
30/12/2013
Viktoriya Georgiyivna BATSULYAK
30/01/1939
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Khortytskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 14/06/2011
14332/14
30/12/2013
Borys Khrysanovych MALOVICHKO
20/02/1944
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Komunarskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 07/06/2011
14337/14
30/12/2013
Volodymyr Grygorovych SHEVCHENKO
10/01/1952
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Komunarskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 07/06/2011
14345/14
30/12/2013
Mykola Mykhaylovych TURCHIN
25/05/1953
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Khortytskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 15/06/2011
14579/14
20/12/2013
Viktor Ivanovych BABENKO
28/07/1938
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 06/07/2011
15134/14
30/12/2013
Lyudmyla Abramivna PETROVA
15/01/1942
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 11/03/2011
15157/14
30/12/2013
Anatoliy Prokopovych POLYAKH
16/03/1939
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 28/07/2011
15160/14
30/12/2013
Valentyna Sergiyivna PETRAKOVSKA
19/04/1943
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 14/06/2011
15289/14
30/12/2013
Valentyn Petrovych OLIYNYK
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 29/03/2011
15316/14
30/12/2013
Ivan Yosypovych RAYKOVSKYY
16/04/1944
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 14/09/2011
15320/14
30/12/2013
Olga Vasylivna RAYNA
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 23/08/2011
15329/14
30/12/2013
Nataliya Stepanivna RAKUS
27/11/1939
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 03/06/2011
15341/14
30/12/2013
Fayina Khananivna RYZHEVSKA
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 28/07/2011
15360/14
30/12/2013
Albert Sergiyovych RODICHKIN
17/09/1940
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 13/10/2011
15371/14
30/12/2013
Anatoliy Ivanovych BRAGINETS
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 04/08/2011
15390/14
30/12/2013
Dina Grygorivna BEREZHNA
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 07/02/2011
15399/14
30/12/2013
Eleonora Matviyivna BILOSTOTSKA
25/01/1940
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 04/04/2011
15437/14
30/12/2013
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych BUTRIN
27/07/1944
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 30/05/2011
16273/14
25/12/2013
Ivan Ivanovych BORYSENKO
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 13/10/2011
16285/14
25/12/2013
Mykola Viktorovych DEYNEKA
13/03/1962
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 28/10/2011
16298/14
04/04/2014
Arkadiy Danylovych DATSYUK
01/04/1937
Tetiyiv
Ukrainian
Tetiyiv Local Court of Kyiv Region, 12/11/2010
16637/14
25/12/2013
Yevdokiya Tryfonivna ZHYKHARYEVA
27/03/1945
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Shevchenkivskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 20/09/2011
16669/14
26/12/2013
Viktor Danylovych TYMKO
14/02/1944
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Zhovtnevyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 20/05/2011
16670/14
26/12/2013
Gennadiy Ivanovych KUTSENKO
03/07/1960
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Zhovtnevyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 20/05/2011
17362/14
27/12/2013
Ivan Khrysanovych OLIYNYK
05/04/1938
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Zhovtnevyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 25/07/2011
17502/14
26/12/2013
Valentyna Stepanivna ANZHYNA
24/07/1951
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Khortytskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 16/06/2011
17503/14
26/12/2013
Anatoliy Kuzmych KUZAKOV
08/10/1958
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Khortytskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 14/06/2011
17507/14
26/12/2013
Grygoriy Mykolayovych MATVIYCHUK
02/04/1951
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Khortytskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 14/06/2011
17518/14
26/12/2013
Oleksandr Viktorovych YATSUN
16/05/1960
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Zhovtnevyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 30/05/2011
17632/14
26/12/2013
Grygoriy Vasylyovych SAGADIN
10/05/1949
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Zhovtnevyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 15/06/2011
17762/14
26/12/2013
Oleksiy Ivanovych LISTRATENKO
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Komunarskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 31/05/2011
17783/14
26/12/2013
Volodymyr Petrovych PSYOL
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Leninskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 04/10/2011
17823/14
26/12/2013
Volodymyr Fedorovych GANZA
27/09/1952
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Zhovtnevyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 30/05/2011
17826/14
26/12/2013
Mykola Pylypovych SKAKUN
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Zhovtnevyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 15/08/2011
19159/14
27/12/2013
Sergiy Mykolayovych TYMOSHENKO
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Ordzhonikidzevskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 10/03/2011
19162/14
27/12/2013
Vyacheslav Yevgenovych VYETOSHKIN
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Ordzhonikidzevskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 03/11/2011
19207/14
27/12/2013
Ivan Mykhaylovych KOLODKIN
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Ordzhonikidzevskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 23/05/2011
19210/14
26/12/2013
Mykola Oleksiyovych SAVOTCHENKO
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Khortytskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 25/05/2011
19233/14
26/12/2013
Mykhaylo Arkhypovych DEMCHENKO
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Leninskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 19/05/2011
19330/14
26/12/2013
Lyudmyla Mykolayivna PRONINA
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Leninskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 09/06/2011
19336/14
26/12/2013
Eleonora Oleksandrivna POPOVA
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Leninskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 09/06/2011, as amended by Dnipropetrovsk Administrative Court of Appeal, 18/07/2012
19380/14
26/12/2013
Oleksandr Andriyovych ENGEL
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Leninskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 12/04/2011
19381/14
26/12/2013
Volodymyr Andriyovych MOSKOVCHENKO
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Leninskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 20/10/2011
19385/14
26/12/2013
Volodymyr Ivanovych MINKO
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Leninskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 16/06/2011
19386/14
26/12/2013
Mykola Mykhaylovych FIRSOV
Zaporizhzhya
Ukrainian
Leninskyy Local Court of Zaporizhzhya, 04/10/2011
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