Published on 20 November 2023

FIFTH SECTION

Application no. 42906/18 Kateryna Valeriyivna FEDYUKINA against Ukraine lodged on 29 August 2018 communicated on 30 October 2023

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the authorities’ alleged failure to effectively investigate the applicant’s husband’s death because of firearm injuries in the course of the violent clashes between the police and protesters in Kyiv on 18 February 2014. The applicant’s husband was one of the police officers deployed in response to the series of protests in Ukraine between 21 November 2013 and 21 February 2014, commonly referred to as “Euromaidan” and/or “Maidan” (see Shmorgunov and Others v. Ukraine , nos. 15367/14 and 13 others, §§ 9-17, 21 January 2021). From the applicant’s most recent submissions received by the Court in May 2023, it transpires that the investigation into her husband’s death was ongoing, but that her lawyer was denied updated information about it.

QUESTION TO THE PARTIES

Having regard to the procedural protection of the right to life, have the domestic authorities conducted an effective official investigation into the applicant’s husband’s death, as required by Article 3 of the Convention (see Salman v. Turkey [GC], no. 21986/93, § 104, ECHR 2000-VII, and Ribcheva and Others v. Bulgaria , nos. 37801/16 and 2 others, §§ 125-151, 30 March 2021, with further references)?