Published on 4 October 2021

THIRD SECTION

Application no. 14187/21 Grigoriy Andreyevich DYMOV against Russia lodged on 18 February 2021 communicated on 16 September 2021

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the decision of the Russian courts to refuse the applicant’s request for the return of his daughter to Sweden under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

1. Did the respondent State comply with its positive obligations under Article 8 of the Convention to secure the applicant’s right to respect for his family life, which included taking measures under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction with a view to ensuring his prompt reunification with his daughter? Reference is made to the judgment of the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow of 27 May 2019 refusing the applicant’s request for his daughter’s return to Sweden.

2. Was the Tverskoy District Court’s interpretation and application of the provisions of the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction consistent with the meaning of the Hague Convention, which follows from the text itself, its Explanatory Report, and recognised common practice (see Vladimir Ushakov v. Russia , no. 15122/17, §§ 84-105, 18 June 2019, and Thompson v. Russia , no. 36048/17, §§ 54-74, 30 March 2021)?