Communicated on 13 May 2019

FIFTH SECTION

Application no. 11551/13 Boryslav Yevgenovych POLTORATSKYY against Ukraine lodged on 21 August 2012

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns: firstly, the alleged lack of any genuine prospect of the applicant ’ s release in view of his life-imprisonment sentence; and, secondly, various restrictions on his right to family visits during his sentence.

QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES

1. Has there been a violation of the applicant ’ s rights under Article 3 of the Convention on account of his allegedly irreducible life sentence (see Vinter and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], nos. 66069/09 and 2 others, ECHR 2013 (extracts), László Magyar v. Hungary , no. 73593/10, 20 May 2014, Hutchinson v. the United Kingdom ([GC], no. 57592/08, 17 January 2017, and Petukhov v. Ukraine (no. 2) , no. 41216/13, 12 March 2019)?

2. Has there been a violation of the applicant ’ s right to respect for his private and family life under Article 8 of the Convention on account of various limitations on family visits during his sentence (see Trosin v. Ukraine , no. 39758/05, 23 February 2012, Khoroshenko v. Russia , [GC], no. 41418/04, ECHR 2015, and Bigun v. Ukraine [Committee], no. 30315/10, 21 March 2019)?

3. Did the applicant have at his disposal an affective domestic remedy for the above complaints, as required by Article 13 of the Convention?