Shortcomings in medical care in Ukrainian prisons: the Logvinenko group of cases

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Shortcomings in medical care in Ukrainian prisons: the Logvinenko group of cases

Logvinenko group of cases v Ukraine (Application No 13448/07)

Briefed on 25 May 2021

These cases mainly concern inhuman and/or degrading treatment due to overcrowding, poor material conditions and inadequate nutrition in police establishments, pre-trial detention centres and prisons, as well as during transportation by road or rail between detention facilities or to courts; inadequacy of medical care in general and for infectious diseases, drug addiction and physical disability in particular; and lack of effective preventive and compensatory remedies in all these respects (violations of Articles 3 and 13).

The latest developments on the case were presented by Gennadiy Tokarev, from Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group.

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Poor conditions of detention: The Nevmerzhitsky group of cases

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Poor conditions of detention: The Nevmerzhitsky group of cases

Nevmerzhitsky group of cases (Application No 54825/00)

Briefed on 23 November 2020

  • Rule 9 submission on the case: September 2020, October 2020

  • Power point presentation

    The Nevmerzhitsky Group concerns poor conditions of detention, specifically, overcrowding and poor material conditions, the inadequacy of medical care, and lack of effective remedies in all these respects. The ECtHR has stated that the lack of proper medical treatment in Ukrainian prison is a structural issue, and no effective remedy is available.

    The presentation on the case was delivered by Gennagiy Tokarev, Kharkiv Human Right Protection Group, and Hugues de Suremain, European Prison Litigation Network.

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Hate crimes against Roma communities in Ukraine

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Fedorchenko and Lozenko group v Ukraine (Application No 387/03)

Briefed on: 25th February 2019

These cases concern the failure to carry out effective investigations into violent acts allegedly carried out on racial/ethnic grounds (violation of the procedural limb of Articles 2 or 3) and to investigate a possible causal link between alleged racist attitudes and the attacks (violation of Article 14 taken in conjunction with Articles 2 or 3 in respect of its procedural limb). In Fedorchenko and Lozenko, the authorities failed to investigate the deaths of the applicants’ Romani-origin relatives caused by an arson attack on their house in October 2001.

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Lack of sufficient legislation to ensure protection of journalists

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Gongadze v Ukraine (Application No 34056/02)

Briefed on: 10 September 2018

The case concerns the killing of a journalist and lack of effective investigation.

  • Action Plan from Ukraine (25/6/2018)

  • Briefing notes by Olena Protsenko, Lawyer at the Centre for Strategic Litigation of the Ukrainian Helsinki Rights Union

  • Recent Rule 9.2 submission (Sept. 2018) by the Ukrainian Helsinki Rights Union on this case

  • Final judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (8/2/2006)

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Non-enforcement of domestic judgments

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Yuriy Nikolayevich Ivanov and Zhovner group v Ukraine (Appl. Nos. 40450/04, 56848/00)

Briefed on: 24 May 2017 and on 28 May 2018

These cases relate to the structural problem of non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic judicial decisions, mostly delivered against the State and against state owned or controlled entities, and to the lack of an effective remedy in this respect.

  • Briefing memo of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union for the briefing on 28 May 2018

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Inhuman and degrading prison conditions

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Inhuman and degrading prison conditions

Nevmerzhitsky, Yakovenko, Logvinenko, Isayev and Melnik groups v Ukraine (Appl. No. 54825/00)

Briefed on: 24 November 2017 

    These cases concern inhuman and/or degrading treatment (Article 3) suffered by the applicants because of overcrowding and the poor conditions of prison and detention facilities; the unacceptable conditions for detainees during transfer by road and rail; and the inadequacy of medical care.

    • Briefing memo by Vitalia Lebid, Attorney at the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union
    •  Case summary by the Council of Europe's Department for the Execution of Judgments
    •  Action Report by the Ukrainian authorities
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    Police abuse and the lack of effective investigations or remedies

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    Police abuse and the lack of effective investigations or remedies

    Kaverzin, Afanasyev groups, Karabet and Others, and Belousov v Ukraine (Appl. Nos. 23893/03, 38722/02, 38906/07 and 4494/07)

    Briefed on: 24 November 2017

    This group of cases relates to torture and/or ill-treatment by police, the lack of effective investigations into such complaints and the absence of an effective remedy in this respect, in violation of Article 3 of the Convention. In some of the cases, the Court also found violations of Articles 5, 6, 13 and Article 1 of Protocol 1.

    • Background memo by Vitalia Lebid, Attorney at the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union
    • Case summary of the Kaverzin and Afanasiyev groupsby the Council of Europe's Department for the Execution of Judgments
    • Action plan by the Ukrainian government
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