FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 46410/22
Mykhaylo Yevgenovych ZOLOTOV
against Ukraine
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 16 May 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Carlo Ranzoni, President,
Mārtiņš Mits,
María Elósegui, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 13 September 2022,
Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.
The applicant was represented by Ms K.Y. Gubska, a lawyer practising in Odesa, Ukraine.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”).
THE LAW
The Government raised the issue of compliance with the 4-month time‑limit, however, the Court considers that, in particular circumstances of the case, there is no need to decide on this matter in view of the following.
The Court, having examined all the materials submitted to it and having regard to its case-law on the subject, considers that the applicant’s complaints under Article 6 of the Convention are inadmissible since the length of the proceedings was not excessive or unreasonable (see Gusev v. Ukraine, no. 25531/12, § 37-38, 14 January 2021).
As regards the lack of any effective remedy for complaints raised above, the Court, considering its findings under Article 6 of the Convention, concludes that the applicant has no arguable claim for the purposes of Article 13 of the Convention.
In view of the above, the Court finds that these complaints are manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Declares the application inadmissible.
Done in English and notified in writing on 6 June 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Carlo Ranzoni
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings and lack of any effective remedy in domestic law)
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Start of proceedings
End of proceedings
Total length
Levels of jurisdiction
46410/22
13/09/2022
Mykhaylo Yevgenovych ZOLOTOV
1997
Gubska Khrystyna Yuriyivna
Odesa
27/09/2018
01/02/2022
3 years and
4 months and 6 days
2 levels of jurisdiction