Communicated on 12 February 2019

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 44817/18 Vytautas KAMINSKAS against Lithuania lodged on 14 September 2018

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns a demolition order against the applicant ’ s only home, on the grounds that it has been built illegally on forest land, which the applicant owns.

QUESTION tO THE PARTIES

Has there been a violation of Article 8 of the Convention, on account of the fact that the applicant has been ordered to demolish the house which is his only home? In particular, did the domestic authorities carry out an adequate assessment of the necessity and proportionality of the demolition (see Ivanova and Cherkezov v. Bulgaria , no. 46577/15 , § 53, 21 April 2016, and the cases cited therein)?