Communicated on 11 February 2021 Published on 1 March 2021

FIFTH SECTION

Application no. 77801/13 Valeriy Oleksandrovych VASYLKOV against Ukraine lodged on 27 November 2013

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the administrative-offence proceedings against the applicant (driving under the influence of alcohol). The applicant complains that he had been informed of the appellate court ’ s hearing in his case the day after it had taken place.

While the applicant relies on Articles 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention, his complaint falls to be examined under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention only.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

1. Did the applicant have a fair hearing in the determination of the criminal charges against him, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention, in particular, given his absence from the court hearing of 21 August 2013 before the Kyiv Court of Appeal (see Sejdovic v. Italy [GC], no. 56581/00, ECHR 2006 ‑ II; Nadtochiy v. Ukraine , no. 7460/03, 15 May 2008; and Igor Pascari v. The Republic of Moldova , no. 25555/10, 3 August 2016)?

2. Was the applicant duly informed of the hearing of 21 August 2013 before the Kyiv Court of Appeal?