Communicated on 25 March 2019

THIRD SECTION

Application no. 57005/18 Vadim Maratovich OSIPOV against Russia lodged on 17 November 2018

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the allegedly excessive period of the appeal review for the decision to place the applicant in the psychiatric facility (Article 5 § 4 of the Convention).

QUESTION tO THE PARTIES

Did the length of the appeal proceedings in the present case, by which the applicant sought to challenge the lawfulness of his placement in a psychiatric facility, comply with the “speed” requirement of Article 5 § 4 of the Convention?