FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Applications nos. 56358/09 and 11798/10 Igor Mikhaylovich KRAVTSOV against Ukraine and

Fedor Nikolayevich SADKEVICH against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 20 January 2022 as a Committee composed of:

Lətif Hüseynov, President, Lado Chanturia, Arnfinn Bårdsen, judges, and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. The applicants live in the territories which are outside the control of the Government of Ukraine (Kirovskoye, Donetsk Region, and Simferopol, Crimea, respectively).

The applicants’ complaints under Articles 5 and 6 of the Convention were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”).

The letters sent by the Registry to the applicants after communication of the cases to the Government either were left unanswered or were returned because it had been impossible to deliver them.

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.

The Court has already decided to strike out of its list applications in circumstances similar to the present cases (see Semenyutin and Others v. Ukraine (dec.) [Committee], nos. 32776/06 and 8 others, §§ 5-8, 21 October 2021, with further references).

In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.

Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to join the applications;

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.

Done in English and notified in writing on 10 February 2022.

Viktoriya Maradudina Lətif Hüseynov Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

No.

Application no.

Date of introduction

Case name

Applicant Year of Birth Nationality

1.

56358/09

07/09/2009

Kravtsov v. Ukraine

Igor Mikhaylovich KRAVTSOV 1966 Ukrainian

2.

11798/10

25/02/2010

Sadkevich v. Ukraine

Fedor Nikolayevich SADKEVICH 1963 Ukrainian