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FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no.
12652/09
Nina Nikolayevna SHEVCHENKO and Lyudmila
Ilyinichna CHAUS against Ukraine
and 86 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 13 December 2011 as a Committee composed of:
Mark
Villiger, President,
Karel
Jungwiert,
André
Potocki, judges,
and
Stephen Phillips, Deputy Section
Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on various dates,
Having regard to the decision to apply the pilot-judgment procedure taken in the case of Yuriy Nikolayevich Ivanov v. Ukraine (no. 40450/04, ECHR 2009 ... (extracts)),
Having regard to the unilateral declaration submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
THE FACTS
The applicants are Ukrainian nationals whose names and dates of birth are specified in the table below. The Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Ms V. Lutkovska and Mr N. Kulchytskyy, of the Ministry of Justice.
The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.
The applicants are former employees of the “Avtosklo” and “Tekhbudsklo” State plants. On the dates specified in the table below the Kostyantynivka Court or the labour dispute commission of the “Avtosklo” Plant (“the LDC”) ordered the plants to pay the applicants various work related pecuniary amounts. The decisions in the applicants’ favour became final but remain unenforced as the plants became bankrupt.
COMPLAINTS
The applicants complained about the lengthy non-enforcement of the decisions given in their favour.
THE LAW
“The Government of Ukraine acknowledge the excessive duration of the enforcement of the applicants’ judgments.
The Government are ready to pay to the applicants the outstanding debts according to the judgements of the national authorities, as well as to pay the applicants the sums in accordance with annex no. 1 to this declaration [1].
The Government therefore invite the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases. They suggest that the present declaration might be accepted by the Court as “any other reason” justifying the striking out of the case of the Court’s list of cases, as referred to in Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention.
The sums proposed are to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, to be converted into the national currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of settlement [2]. They will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article 37 § 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In the event of failure to pay these sums according to the annex no. 1 to this declaration within the said three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them from expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
This payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.”
The applicants disagreed with the declaration, considering that the Government would not comply with its terms, and requested the Court to pursue the examination of the cases.
The Court reiterates that under Article 37 of the Convention it may at any stage of the proceedings strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusions specified under § 1 (a), (b) or (c) of that Article. In particular, Article 37 § 1 (c) enables the Court to strike a case out of its list if:
“for any other reason established by the Court, it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.”
Article 37 § 1 in fine states:
“However, the Court shall continue the examination of the application if respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the protocols thereto so requires.”
The Court also reiterates that in certain circumstances it may strike out an application under Article 37 § 1 (c) on the basis of a unilateral declaration by a respondent Government even if the applicant wishes the examination of the case to be continued (see Tahsin Acar v. Turkey (preliminary objection) [GC], no. 26307/95, §§ 75-77, ECHR 2003-VI).
The Court recalls that in the aforementioned pilot judgment it ordered Ukraine to grant redress to the applicants whose applications were communicated to the Government before the delivery of the judgment or would be communicated further to the judgment and concerned complaints about the prolonged non-enforcement of domestic decisions for which the State was responsible (see Yuriy Nikolayevich Ivanov v. Ukraine, cited above, § 99 and point 6 of the operative part). Having examined the terms of the Government’s declaration, the Court understands it as intending to give the applicants the redress in accordance with the pilot judgment.
The Court is satisfied that the Government explicitly acknowledge the excessive duration of the execution of decisions in the applicants’ favour and undertake to pay the applicants the outstanding debts. It also notes that the compensation sums offered by the Government are comparable with Court awards in similar cases, taking account, inter alia, of the specific delay in each particular case.
The Court therefore considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications. It is also satisfied that respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto does not require it to continue the examination of the applications.
Accordingly, the applications should be struck out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court unanimously
Decides to join the applications;
Takes note of the terms of the respondent Government’s declaration;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention.
Stephen Phillips Mark Villiger
Deputy
Registrar President
Table
|
No. |
Application number, applicant’s name, date of birth |
Date of introduction |
Date(s) of unenforced domestic decision(s), court/LDC |
Sums offered by the Government (in euros) |
|
1. |
12652/09 1). SHEVCHENKO, Nina Nikolayevna, 1946 2). CHAUS, Lyudmyla Ilyinichna, 1936 |
16 February 2009 |
1). 1 February 2001, Kostyantynivka Court, 2). 24 November 2000, Kostyantynivka Court, and 21 May 2001, LDC |
1). 1,875 2). 1,860 |
|
2. |
12660/09 PETRIY, Liliya Nikolayevna, 1937 |
16 February 2009 |
12 February 2001, LDC |
1,875 |
|
3. |
12661/09 1). SAMKOVA, Larisa Grigoryevna, 1950, 2). SPIVAK, Yevgeniya Petrovna, 1939 |
16 February 2009 |
1). 8 August 2005 2). 7 October 2004, Kostyantynivka Court |
1). 1,050 2). 1,200 |
|
4. |
12679/09 ISIKOVA, Natalya Grigoryevna, 1951 |
16 February 2009 |
13 June 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,800 |
|
5. |
12701/09 CHUMAK, Irina Alekseyevna, 1959 |
16 February 2009 |
13 June 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,800 |
|
6. |
12732/09 LITVINOVA, Irina Alimovna, 1954 |
16 February 2009 |
19 and 25 November 2003, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,350 |
|
7. |
12767/09 VOVK, Valentina Vasilyevna, 1946, and Anatoliy Tikhonovich, 1945 |
16 February 2009 |
6 November 2000 (two orders), LDC
|
1,920 (to each) |
|
8. |
12817/09 KROKHMAL, Yelena Vasilyevna, 1952 |
16 February 2009 |
17 April 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,830 |
|
9. |
12824/09 ZHARKOV, Fedor Fedorovich, 1950 |
16 February 2009 |
11 October 2004, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,200 |
|
10. |
12828/09 KLIMENKO, Nadezhda Viktorovna, 1957 |
16 February 2009 |
7 June 2002, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,620 |
|
11. |
12835/09 PIKHOTSKAYA, Aleksandra Dmitriyevna, 1941 |
16 February 2009 |
7 June 2002, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,560 |
|
12. |
13255/09 PISARENKO, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1940 |
16 February 2009 |
7 November 2002, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,545 |
|
13. |
13257/09, KHOKHOLYAK, Olga Vladimirovna, 1966 |
16 February 2009 |
23 February 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,860 |
|
14. |
13260/09, IVAKHNIN, Petr Afanasyevich, 1952 |
16 February 2009 |
23 January 2002, Kostyantynivka Court
|
1,680 |
|
15. |
13265/09, KOVALSKAYA, Alla Nikolayevna, 1941 |
16 February 2009 |
6 August 2001, LDC |
1,785 |
|
16. |
13266/09, GUNCHAK, Lyudmila Ivanovna, 1940 |
16 February 2009 |
19 March and 14 May 2001, Kostyantynivka Court and LDC, respectively |
1,830 |
|
17. |
13455/09 1). SLYUSAR, Lyubov Grigoryevna, 1958, 2). YERASOV, Vladimir Vasilyevich, 1961, 3). LYADNOVA, Vera Vasilyevna, 1948, 4). SKIPA, Valentina Mikhaylovna, 1955, 5). SOLOVYEVA, Zinaida Viktorovna, 1954, 6). IVAKINA, Nelya Dmitriyevna, 1951 |
16 February 2009 |
Kostyantynivka Court: 1). 29 October 2001 2). 4 February 2002 3). 17 December 2002 4). 28 February 2002 5). 18 December 2002 6). 20 December 2002 |
1). 1,725 2). 1,680 3). 1,515 4). 1,665 5). 1,515 6). 1,515 |
|
18. |
13588/09 BARABASH, Yevgeniy Platonovich, 1940 |
16 February 2009 |
20 November 2000, Kostyantynivka Court, and 2 April 2001, LDC |
1,905 |
|
19. |
17838/09 1). NOVIKOVA, Inna Yakovlevna, 1946 2). ZHIZNEVSKAYA, Nadezhda Sergeyevna, 1952 3). SERDYUK, Tatyana Anatolyevna, 1946 4). SHAROVA, Tatyana Dmitriyevna, 1956 5). OSTROZHNAYA, Valentina Vasilyevna, 1956 6). SKRYPNIK, Nina Aleksandrovna, 1960 7). KURBATOVA, Vera Nikolayevna, 1956 8). KORNIYENKO, Yelena Aleksandrovna, 1964 |
5 March 2009
|
Kostyantynivka Court: 1). 16 August 2004 2). 9 August 2005 3). 9 August 2005 4). 4 August 2005 5). 4 August 2005 6). 8 August 2005 7). 8 August 2005 8). 9 August 2005 |
1). 1,230 2). 1,050 3). 1,050 4). 1,050 5). 1,050 6). 870 7). 1,050 8). 1,050 |
|
20. |
17846/09 1). ARTEMENKO, Aleksandr Vasilyevich, 1953 2). KIRSHINA, Mariya Nikolayevna, 1954 |
5 March 2009 |
1). 13 August 2002 and 17 May 2005, Kostyantynivka Court 2). 29 April 2003 (two judgments), Kostyantynivka Court |
1). 1,590 2). 1,455 |
|
21. |
21541/09 1). VORONKOVA, Zoya Mitrofanovna, 1956 2). OKOLOVSKYY, Yevgeniy Pavlovich, 1954 3). GRABITCHENKO, Igor Valentinovich, 1962 4). ZASENKO, Ivan Alekseyevich, 1952 5). LISTOPAD, Lidiya Ivanovna, 1958 6). BUREYKO, Valentina Viktorovna, 1965 7). SIROSH, Yevgeniya Antonovna, 1939 8). SYSOYEVA, Nelya Ivanovna, 1970 9). TARASENKO, Nadezhda Petrovna, 1945 10). TIBABISHEVA, Inna Yuryevna, 1973 |
5 March 2009
|
Kostyantynivka Court: 1). 1 December 1999 2). 29 October 2004 3). 26 February 2001 4). 11 December 2000 5). 16 September 2004 6). 24 April 2001 7). 3 September 2007 8). 17 February 2006 9). 9 August 2005 10). 20 December 2002 |
1). 2,085 2). 1,185 3). 1,860 4). 1,890 5). 1,200 6). 1,815 7). 675 8). 960 9). 1,050 10). 1,515 |
|
22. |
21577/09 KOROLEVA, Nina Ivanovna, 1939 |
10 April 2009 |
14 June 2004, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,260 |
|
23. |
30402/09 KOVALCHUK, Nikolay Arsenyevich, 1950 |
2 April 2009 |
21 March 2003, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,470 |
|
24. |
30424/09 KASYANENKO, Yevgeniy Yevgenyevich, 1945 |
2 April 2009 |
27 June 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,785 |
|
25. |
30428/09 SHCHERBIY, Viktor Anatolyevich, 1954 |
2 April 2009 |
13 March 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,845 |
|
26. |
30430/09 BYCHKOV, Valentin Anatolyevich, 1964 |
2 April 2009 |
9 July 2001, LDC
|
1,800 |
|
27. |
30436/09 GARULYA, Nikolay Vasilyevich, 1954 |
2 April 2009 |
11 December 2000, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,890 |
|
28. |
30439/09 GOLOVKO, Nina Nikolayevna, 1949 |
2 April 2009 |
11 December 1997, LDC, and 29 November 2000, Kostyantynivka Court |
2,445 |
|
29. |
30444/09 PECHENYY, Aleksandr Yakovlevich, 1928 |
2 April 2009 |
22 December 1998, Kostyantynivka Court |
2,250 |
|
30. |
30448/09 GETSMAN, Vladimir Nikolayevich, 1952 |
2 April 2009 |
4 December 1997, Kostyantynivka Court, and 21 November 2000, LDC |
2,445 |
|
31. |
30453/09 SHISTKO, Pavel Alekseyevich, 1947 |
2 April 2009 |
23 October 1998, Kostyantynivka Court
|
2,280 |
|
32. |
30748/09 SIMUNINA, Lyudmila Mikhaylovna, 1956 |
2 April 2009 |
31 October 2002, Kostyantynivka Court
|
1,545 |
|
33. |
30753/09 MILLER, Valentina Veniaminovna, 1956 |
2 April 2009 |
29 October 2001, Kostyantynivka Court
|
1,725 |
|
34. |
30794/09 KATSYUBA, Yuriy Andreyevich, 1935 |
2 April 2009 |
21 August 2002 and 27 August 2003, Kostyantynivka Court
|
1,530 |
|
35. |
30796/09 KUTENKOV, Yevgeniy Nikolayevich, 1954 |
2 April 2009 |
25 November 2002, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,530 |
|
36. |
31671/09 KHODUS, Aleksandr Anatolyevich, 1955 |
2 April 2009 |
19 December 1997, Kostyantynivka Court, and 11 September 2000, LDC |
2,430 |
|
37. |
31676/09 LEGOSTAYEVA, Lyudmila Ivanovna, 1954 |
2 April 2009 |
11 December 1997, LDC, and 29 November 2000, Kostyantynivka Court |
2,445 |
|
38. |
31679/09 ZHURAVLEVA, Raisa Ivanovna, 1946 |
2 April 2009 |
21 January 1998, Kostyantynivka Court |
2,415 |
|
39. |
31683/09 SOLOVYEV, Artur Mikhaylovich, 1976 |
2 April 2009 |
13 January 1998, LDC, and 9 February 1998, Kostyantynivka Court |
2,430 |
|
40. |
31684/09 ZAKHAROVA, Neonila Vladimirovna, 1941 |
2 April 2009 |
5 December 2000, LDC
|
1,905 |
|
41. |
31689/09 SIVOV, Andrey Nikolayevich, 1969 |
2 April 2009 |
11 December 2000, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,890 |
|
42. |
31691/09 BELENKO, Roman Vitalyevich, 1980 |
2 April 2009 |
26 March 2001, LDC |
1,845 |
|
43. |
31794/09 KUZNETSOV, Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich, 1948 |
2 April 2009 |
11 December 2000, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,890 |
|
44. |
31812/09 KLYAKHIN, Anatoliy Grigoryevich, 1941 |
2 April 2009 |
21 May 1998, Kostyantynivka Court
|
2,355 |
|
45. |
31832/09 VORONTSOVA, Yelena Petrovna, 1957 |
2 April 2009 |
5 March 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,860 |
|
46. |
31839/09 DANKO, Galina Grigoryevna, 1953 |
2 April 2009 |
14 March 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,845 |
|
47. |
31850/09 MAKOVLEVA, Irina Grigoryevna, 1965 |
2 April 2009 |
29 March 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,845 |
|
48. |
31854/09 YUSHKINA, Galina Petrovna, 1954 |
2 April 2009 |
24 April 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,815 |
|
49. |
31863/09 BONDAREVA, Yelena Nikolayevna, 1964 |
2 April 2009 |
29 May 2001, Kostyantynivka Court
|
1,800 |
|
50. |
31934/09 MISHKOVICH, Lyubov Petrovna, 1953 |
2 April 2009 |
12 March 2002, Kostyantynivka Court
|
1,665 |
|
51. |
31938/09 ROSHKOV, Svyatoslav Sergeyevich, 1946 |
3 April 2009 |
25 March 2003, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,470 |
|
52. |
31940/09 NAKONECHNAYA, Yekaterina Nikolayevna, 1952 |
3 April 2009 |
22 April 2003, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,455 |
|
53. |
31943/09 ROMANENKO, Lidiya Yakovlevna, 1949 |
3 April 2009 |
15 December 1997, 7 September 1998 and 2 March 2001, LDC |
2,445 |
|
54. |
31946/09 KONONOVA, Viktoriya Aleksandrovna, 1951 |
3 April 2009 |
25 January 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,875 |
|
55. |
31949/09 VOLOBUYEVA, Valentina Ilyinichna, 1947 |
3 April 2009 |
12 February 2001, LDC |
1,875 |
|
56. |
31953/09 BODRAYA, Tatyana Vladimirovna, 1973 |
3 April 2009 |
17 November 2004, Kostyantynivka Court
|
1,170 |
|
57. |
31955/09 KATSYUBA, Nadezhda Dmitriyeva, 1940 |
3 April 2009 |
20 December 2002, Kostyantynivka Court
|
1,515 |
|
58. |
31960/09 POGORELOV, Ivan Semyonovich, 1947 |
3 April 2009 |
26 October 2004, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,170 |
|
59. |
31961/09 POGORELOVA, Lyudmila Semyonovna, 1948 |
3 April 2009 |
26 October 2004, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,185 |
|
60. |
31965/09 ABASHINA, Lyudmila Mikhaylovna, 1952 |
3 April 2009 |
9 December 2004, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,170 |
|
61. |
33206/09 DROZDOVA, Lyubov Ivanovna, 1941 |
5 June 2009 |
7 June 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,800 |
|
62. |
33210/09 TRISKIBA, Olga Ivanovna, 1941 |
5 June 2009
|
30 January 2001, Kostyantynivka Court
|
1,875 |
|
63. |
33219/09 SUBBOTINA, Natalya Grigoryevna, 1964 |
5 June 2009
|
5 June 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,815 |
|
64. |
33228/09 LIMANSKAYA, Yekaterina Grigoryevna, 1941 |
5 June 2009
|
12 December 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,710 |
|
65. |
33231/09 KIRICHENKO, Nina Ivanovna, 1937 |
5 June 2009
|
27 August 1998, Kostyantynivka Court
|
2,310 |
|
66. |
33246/09 CHUGUYEVA, Aleksandra Vladimirovna, 1950 |
5 June 2009
|
17 April 2001, Kostyantynivka Court
|
1,830 |
|
67. |
33248/09 KHOROSHILOVA, Vera Eduardovna, 1956 |
5 June 2009
|
11 April 2001, Kostyantynivka Court
|
1,830 |
|
68. |
33264/09 POLKOVNIKOV, Vladimir Sergeyevich, 1951 |
5 June 2009
|
17 September 2002, Kostyantynivka Court
|
1,380 |
|
69. |
33277/09 POLOVAYA, Galina Vladimirovna, 1961 |
5 June 2009
|
29 August 2002, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,575 |
|
70. |
33279/09 SAYGAK, Ivan Grigoryevich, 1952 |
5 June 2009
|
19 December 2002, Kostyantynivka Court
|
1,515 |
|
71. |
33281/09 STOGNUSHENKO, Anastasiya Vasilyevna, 1938 |
5 June 2009
|
27 September 2002, Kostyantynivka Court
|
1,560 |
|
72. |
33400/09 BOZHKO, Lyudmila Vladimirovna, 1958 |
5 June 2009
|
24 January 2003 and 23 February 2009, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,500 |
|
73. |
33407/09 KOVALEVA, Raykhan Nikolayevna, 1958 |
5 June 2009
|
5 June 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,815 |
|
74. |
33421/09 CHEPEL, Valentina Nikolayevna, 1952 |
5 June 2009
|
26 February 2001, LDC |
1,860 |
|
75. |
33434/09 VENTURA, Zoya Raisovna, 1950 |
5 June 2009
|
11 March 2002, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,665 |
|
76. |
33437/09 TSIGANOVSKAYA, Lyubov Stepanovna, 1951 |
5 June 2009
|
19 October 2004, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,185 |
|
77. |
33441/09 PROTSENKO, Tatyana Mikhaylovna, 1950 |
5 June 2009
|
15 November 2001, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,725 |
|
78. |
33446/09 LEVCHISHIN, Vladimir Leonidovich, 1966 |
5 June 2009
|
12 February 2001, LDC
|
1,875 |
|
79. |
33447/09 LIMANSKIY, Igor Viktorovich, 1964 |
5 June 2009
|
10 September 2004, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,215 |
|
80. |
33451/09 SYSHCHENKO, Viktor Nikolayevich, 1938 |
5 June 2009
|
5 October 2000, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,920 |
|
81. |
33478/09 KOLPAKOVA, Natalya Vladimirovna, 1951 |
5 June 2009
|
24 January 2003 and 23 February 2009, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,500 |
|
82. |
33512/09 KIYAN, Zinaida Nikolayevna, 1956 |
5 June 2009
|
12 December 2000, LDC |
1,905 |
|
83. |
33519/09 FILONENKO, Nina Mikhaylovna, 1942 |
5 June 2009
|
13 February 2009, Kostyantynivka Court |
405 |
|
84. |
33522/09 LIGASOV, Stanislav Yevgenyevich, 1938 |
5 June 2009
|
9 September 2004, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,200 |
|
85. |
33525/09 BONDARENKO, Mitrofan Fedorovich, 1941 |
5 June 2009
|
12 December 2000, LDC |
1,905 |
|
86. |
33529/09 PANTYUSHENKO, Anatoliy Prokofyevich, 1935 |
5 June 2009
|
16 February 1998, Kostyantynivka Court |
2,400 |
|
87. |
65914/09 SINOVITSKAYA, Olga Ivanovna, 1958 |
5 June 2009
|
26 October 2004, Kostyantynivka Court |
1,185 |
1. For the sums, see the attached Table
2. Subsequently the Government informed that these sums would also be free of any taxes that may be chargeable