FIFTH SECTION
CASE OF SHTABOVENKO AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE
(Application no. 22722/07 and 99 other applications)
JUDGMENT
STRASBOURG
25 April 2013
This judgment is final. It may be subject to editorial revision.
In the case of Shtabovenko and Others v. Ukraine,
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:
Boštjan M. Zupančič, President,
Ann Power-Forde,
Helena Jäderblom, judges,
and Stephen Phillips, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 2 April 2013,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
PROCEDURE
THE FACTS
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE
THE LAW
I. THE STANDING OF THE APPLICANT IN APPLICATION No. 13890/09
II. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLES 6 AND 13 OF THE CONVENTION AND OF ARTICLE 1 OF PROTOCOL No. 1
A. Applications tabulated in Appendices 1 and 2
1. Applications tabulated in Appendix 1
2. Applications tabulated in Appendix 2
B. Applications tabulated in Appendix 3
C. Applications tabulated in Appendices 4 and 5
III. OTHER ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE CONVENTION
IV. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 41 OF THE CONVENTION
“If the Court finds that there has been a violation of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, and if the internal law of the High Contracting Party concerned allows only partial reparation to be made, the Court shall, if necessary, afford just satisfaction to the injured party.”
FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT UNANIMOUSLY
1. Decides to join the applications tabulated in Appendices 1 and 2;
2. Declares inadmissible the applications indicated in Appendices 1 and 2;
3. Decides to join the applications tabulated in Appendix 3;
4. Decides to strike the applications enumerated in Appendix 3 out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (b) of the Convention;
5. Decides to join the applications tabulated in Appendices 4 and 5;
6. Declares the complaints of the applicants listed in Appendices 4 and 5, under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 about the lengthy non-enforcement of the decisions given in their favour and about the lack of effective domestic remedies in respect of those complaints, admissible and the remainder of the applications inadmissible;
7. Holds that there has been a violation of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1;
8. Holds that there has been a violation of Article 13 of the Convention;
9. Holds
(a) that the respondent State is to enforce the domestic decisions in the applicants’ favour which remain enforceable, and is to pay, within three months, EUR 3,000 (three thousand euros) to each applicant or his or her estate in the applications tabulated in Appendix 4 and EUR 1,500 (one thousand five hundred euros) to each applicant or his or her estate in the applications tabulated in Appendix 5 in respect of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage, and costs and expenses, plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants on the above amounts which are to be converted into the national currency at the rate applicable at the date of settlement;
(b) that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
Done in English, and notified in writing on 25 April 2013, pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court.
Stephen Phillips Boštjan
M. Zupančič
Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX 1
(inadmissible applications)
No. |
Application no. and date of introduction |
Applicants’ name and date of birth
|
Relevant domestic decision |
1. |
63284/09 17/11/2009 |
Nadiya Kostyantynivna KRAVCHENYUK 11/08/1959 |
Oleksandriya Court, 05/05/2009 |
2. |
63328/09 17/11/2009 |
Tetyana Yuriyivna PASICHNA 19/04/1960 |
Oleksandriya Court, 05/05/2009 |
APPENDIX 2
(inadmissible applications)
No. |
Application no. and date of introduction |
Applicants’ name and date of birth |
Relevant domestic decision |
3. |
6147/11 14/01/2011 |
Olga Illivna YAKOVENKO 19/08/1951 |
Krukivskyy District Court of Kremenchuk, 04/03/2005 |
4. |
6164/11 14/01/2011 |
Stanislav Viktorovych TSARENKO 01/01/1971 |
Krukivskyy District Court of Kremenchuk, 20/12/2004 |
5. |
6214/11 14/01/2010 |
Volodymyr Panteliyovych PALIYENKO 19/07/1944 |
Krukivskyy District Court of Kremenchuk, 24/05/2004 |
APPENDIX 3
(applications struck out of the Court’s list of cases)
No. |
Application no. and date of introduction |
Applicants’ name and date of birth |
Relevant domestic decision |
6. |
33262/10 25/05/2010 |
Vladimir Shabodinovich KHAMZATOV 01/01/1948 |
1) Torez Court, 16/04/2008
2) Torez Court, 16/07/2008
3) Torez Court, 18/07/2008 |
7. |
475/11 13/12/2010 |
Olena Georgiyivna MYKHAYLOVA 01/01/1964 |
Zhovtnevyy District Court of Kharkiv, 07/04/2010 |
APPENDIX 4
(non-enforcement delays three years and more)
No. |
Application no. and date of introduction |
Applicants’ name and date of birth |
Relevant domestic decisions |
8. |
22722/07 05/05/2007 |
Vasyl Petrovych SHTABOVENKO 27/12/1952 |
Tsentralnyy District Court of Mykolayiv, 18/04/2002 |
9. |
13890/09 18/02/2009 |
Viktor Andriyovych BONDAR 09/03/1939 |
Tetiyiv Court, 26/11/2007 |
10. |
57014/09 19/10/2009 |
Valeriy Volodymyrovych SACHEK 02/04/1966 |
Ovruch Court, 03/04/2002 |
11. |
59484/09 02/11/2009 |
Mariya Yosypivna TABACHUK 04/07/1949 |
Popilnyanskyy District Court of the Zhytomyr Region, 30/10/2006, as amended by the Zhytomyr Regional Court of Appeal, 17/01/2008 |
12. |
59562/09 28/10/2009 |
Oksana Vladimirovna SECHKAREVA 18/10/1982 |
Krasnyy Luch Court, 11/10/2006 |
13. |
59650/09 22/10/2009 |
Oleksandr Volodymyrovych BURYAK 27/06/1955 |
1) Oleksandriya Court, 29/01/2008, as amended by the Dnipropetrovsk Administrative Court of Appeal, 05/11/2008
2) Oleksandriya Court, 15/04/2008, as amended by the Dnipropetrovsk Administrative Court of Appeal, 04/12/2008 |
14. |
59976/09 09/11/2009 |
Mykola Viktorovych TOCHENYY 13/05/1963 |
Obolonskyy District Court of Kyiv, 16/09/2003, quashed by the Higher Administrative Court on 02/11/2010 |
15. |
60221/09 26/10/2009 |
Anatoliy Ivanovych GUMONITSKYY 01/01/1950 |
Tetiyiv Court, 31/01/2008 |
16. |
60971/09 05/11/2009 |
Mykola Stepanovych VASYLYK 21/01/1967 |
Kolomyya Court, 09/12/2004 |
17. |
61111/09 04/11/2009 |
Viktor Sergiyovych YALPUTA 19/09/1954 |
Oleksandriya Court, 15/05/2008 |
18. |
61123/09 01/11/2009 |
Anatoliy Ivanovich YELISEYEV 06/01/1947 |
1) Novogrodivka Court, 31/07/2002
2) Decision of a Labour Disputes Commission of the Novogrodivska Mine, lodged with the State Bailiffs’ Service on 16 April 2004. |
19. |
61576/09 16/11/2009 |
Andriy Mykolayovych BARDAS 07/09/1968 |
Military Court of the Cherkassy Garrison, 31/08/2005 |
20. |
61892/09 11/11/2009 |
Mykola Tykhonovych GORBACHUK 25/01/1949 |
Solomyanskyy District Court of Kyiv, 16/01/2006 |
21. |
62027/09 11/11/2009 |
Svitlana Mykolayivna BYSHA 06/01/1946 |
Oleksandriya Court, 11/02/2008 |
22. |
62319/09 12/11/2009 |
Olena Fedorivna DAVYSKYBA 25/08/1932 |
Trostyanets Court, 15/05/2007 |
23. |
62469/09 19/11/2009 |
Anatoliy Andriyovych MAKSYMENKO 29/09/1959 |
Lubny Court, 19/06/2007 |
24. |
63000/09 27/10/2009 |
Svetlana Nikiforovna CHERNOVA 15/04/1964 |
Labour Disputes Commission of the Ukrayinskyy Naukovo-Doslidnyy Instytut Skla, State Enterprise, 05/02/2007 |
25. |
63028/09 27/10/2009 |
Larisa Ivanovna KLIPENKO 21/06/1951 |
Labour Disputes Commission of the Ukrayinskyy Naukovo-Doslidnyy Instytut Skla, State Enterprise , 05/02/2007 |
26. |
63090/09 27/10/2009 |
Mariya Vasilyevna BUT 12/02/1947 |
Labour Disputes Commission of the Ukrayinskyy Naukovo-Doslidniy Instytut Skla, State Enterprise, 27/02/2007 |
27. |
63100/09 27/10/2009 |
Nina Vasilyevna LITVINOVA 25/06/1950 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 15/10/2004 |
28. |
63106/09 27/10/2009 |
Lyudmila Alekseyevna KOROLEVA 16/01/1942 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 29/03/2001 |
29. |
63114/09 27/10/2009 |
Lidiya Ivanovna TISHCHENKO 06/10/1941 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 25/08/2005 |
30. |
63123/09 27/10/2009 |
Vladimir Vladimirovich PASECHNIK 13/11/1970 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 22/12/1997 |
31. |
63132/09 27/10/2009 |
Igor Viktorovich MIROSHNICHENKO 02/04/1971 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 14/03/2003 |
32. |
63150/09 27/10/2009 |
Eduard Mikhaylovich SOLOVYEV 27/06/1969 |
1) Kostyantynivka Court, 22/12/1997
2) Kostyantynivka Court, 27/01/2003 |
33. |
63157/09 27/10/2009 |
Lyudmila Andreyevna GORCHAKOVA 22/11/1937 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 02/04/2001 |
34. |
63163/09 27/10/2009 |
Yekaterina Vasilyevna NESTERENKO 21/10/1956 |
1) Kostyantynivka Court, 02/08/2002
2) Kostyantynivka Court, 18/04/2003 |
35. |
63180/09 27/10/2009 |
Yevgeniy Nikolayevich GUZHVA 02/01/1968 |
1) Kostyantynivka Court, 30/09/2004
2) Kostyantynivka Court, 20/10/2004
3) Labour Disputes Commission of the Avtosklo, State Enterprise, 14/07/2006 |
36. |
63198/09 27/10/2009 |
Lyudmila Alekseyevna SEMCHISHYNA 07/08/1927 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 02/04/2001 |
37. |
63206/09 27/10/2009 |
Yekaterina Vasilyevna IVASHCHENKO 19/03/1952 |
Labour Disputes Commission of the Ukrayinskyy Naukovo-Doslidnyy Instytut Skla, State Enterprise, 05/02/2007 |
38. |
63212/09 27/10/2009 |
Zhanetta Petrovna SHUBINA 08/11/1932 |
Labour Disputes Commission of the Avtosklo, State Enterprise, 12/03/2001 |
39. |
63213/09 27/10/2009 |
Natalya Vladimirovna MADYUDYA 15/10/1971 |
1) Labour Disputes Commission of the Avtosklo, State Enterprise , 27/12/2000
2) Kostyantynivka Court, 08/05/2009 |
40. |
63217/09 27/10/2009 |
Vadim Aleksandrovich STAROSTENKO 29/05/1962 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 01/02/2002 |
41. |
63224/09 27/10/2009 |
Nina Stepanovna GEBUZA 09/10/1937 |
1) Kostyantynivka Court, 08/11/2002
2) Kostyantynivka Court, 08/11/2002 |
42. |
63226/09 27/10/2009 |
Valentina Ivanovna KUSHCHENKOVA 07/04/1957 |
1) Labour Disputes Commission of the Avtosklo, State Enterprise , 11/12/1997
2) Kostyantynivka Court, 19/03/2001 |
43. |
63230/09 27/10/2009 |
Nina Alekseyevna VOLKOVA 23/11/1957 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 25/01/2002 |
44. |
63235/09 27/10/2009 |
Tatyana Gennadyevna SAKHNO 31/01/1956 |
Labour Disputes Commission of the Ukrayinskyy Naukovo-Doslidnyy Instytut Skla, State Enterprise , 05/11/2007 |
45. |
63365/09 27/10/2009 |
Valentin Borisovich GOLOVCHENKO 07/07/1948 |
1) Kostyantynivka Court, 08/04/2002
2) Kostyantynivka Court, 23/01/2009 |
46. |
63369/09 18/11/2009 |
Applicant 2:
Ivan Petrovich KOROLKOV 01/01/1940 |
1) Pecherskyy District Court of Kyiv, 16/02/2007
2) Pecherskyy District Court of Kyiv, 20/03/2007 |
47. |
63374/09 27/10/2009 |
Lidiya Prokofyevna ORLOVA 05/04/1939 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 17/09/2004 |
48. |
63379/09 27/10/2009 |
Mikhail Mikhaylovich NEDOPEKIN 08/10/1950 |
Labour Disputes Commission of the Avtosklo, State Enterprise , 12/04/2003 |
49. |
63385/09 27/10/2009 |
Stanislav Stepanovich GURKOVSKIY 11/09/1959 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 26/01/2009 |
50. |
63393/09 27/10/2009 |
Irina Ivanovna SHTOFEL 10/02/1955 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 03/03/2005 |
51. |
63399/09 27/10/2009 |
Aleksandr Mikhaylovich SHTOFEL 22/10/1949 |
1) Kostyantynivka Court, 03/04/2003
2) Kostyantynivka Court, 13/06/2006 |
52. |
63401/09 27/10/2009 |
Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich KOVAL 17/12/1950 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 23/09/2002 |
53. |
63408/09 27/10/2009 |
Vladimir Ivanovich KIYAN 02/04/1954 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 13/11/2001 |
54. |
63413/09 27/10/2009 |
Nikolay Vasilyevich DUDNIK 20/01/1937 |
1) Labour Disputes Commission of the Tekhbudsklo, State Enterprise, 25/09/2002
2) Kostyantynivka Court, 03/03/2009 |
55. |
63418/09 27/10/2009 |
Valentina Ivanovna LISTRATENKO 01/10/1946 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 15/11/2001 |
56. |
63425/09 27/10/2009 |
Galina Vladimirovna DUNAYTSEVA 28/02/1949 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 23/10/2002 |
57. |
63435/09 27/10/2009 |
Alla Nikolayevna BOZHKO 18/03/1964 |
Kostyantynivka Court, 05/09/2002 |
58. |
63479/09 27/10/2009 |
Olga Yefimovna GLADILINA 01/12/1947 |
1) Kostyantynivka Court, 14/05/2003
2) Kostyantynivka Court, 28/04/2004 |
59. |
63569/09 17/11/2009 |
Sergiy Stepanovych NAKONECHNYY 01/01/1959 |
Tetiyiv Court, 04/12/2007 |
60. |
63866/09 27/10/2009 |
Valentina Demyanovna KUZOVENINA 30/12/1948 |
Krasnyy Luch Court, 03/10/2007 |
61. |
63882/09 23/11/2009 |
Anastasiya Semenovna DIKAREVA 31/10/1934 |
Sieverodonetsk Court, 18/07/2008 |
62. |
64434/09 26/11/2009 |
Lyubov Yakivna LYAKHOVA 24/04/1948 |
1) Bakhchisaray Court, 11/02/2004
2) Bakhchisaray Court, 19/04/2007 |
63. |
65379/09 30/11/2009 |
Sergey Aleksandrovich MIKHAYLOV 02/10/1966 |
Krasnyy Luch Court, 06/10/2008 |
64. |
65682/09 24/11/2009 |
Andrey Vladimirovich LOBANOV 11/11/1976 |
Novogrodivka Court, 02/11/2005 |
65. |
67048/09 10/12/2009 |
Pavlo Vasylyovych KOZIYCHUK 04/01/1931 |
Bershad Court, 28/05/2009 |
66. |
1197/10 22/12/2009 |
Nina Dmytrivna VALENTYUK 13/09/1955
Mariya Opanasivna VALENTYUK 20/11/1929
Dmytro Anatoliyovych VALENTYUK 01/01/1984
Valentyna Anatoliyivna KLIMCHUK 30/07/1976 |
Khmelnytskyy Court, 07/04/2005, as amended by the Khmelnytskyy Regional Court of Appeal on 21/10/2005 |
67. |
19486/10 18/03/2010 |
Anatoliy Vyacheslavovich VLADIMIRSKIY 12/09/1957 |
1) Bryanka Court, 18/04/2006
2) Bryanka Court, 17/06/2008 |
68. |
24423/10 19/04/2010 |
Olena Vasylivna MORDOVINA 28/07/1959 |
1) Labour Disputes Commission of the Pervomayskyy State Enterprise «Khimprom», 10/12/2007
2) Labour Disputes Commission of the Pervomayskyy State Enterprise «Khimprom», 18/02/2008
3) Pervomayskyy Court, 26/06/2008 |
69. |
25755/10 23/04/2010 |
Igor Oleksandrovych BALESNYY 16/11/1975 |
Krasnyy Lyman Court, 12/12/2003 |
70. |
37249/10 21/06/2010 |
Mykola Grygorovych PETNYAK 20/02/1966 |
Galytskyy District Court of Lviv, 22/07/2009 |
71. |
46988/10 23/07/2010 |
Sergey Ivanovich MAYMURENKO 02/05/1947 |
1) Kramatorsk Court, 21/01/2009
2) Kramatorsk Court, 21/01/2009 |
72. |
48871/10 30/07/2010 |
Yaroslava Petrivna VIVCHAR 10/04/1955 |
Lychakivskyy District Court of Lviv, 23/06/2009 |
73. |
63837/10 18/10/2010 |
Anatoliy Grygorovych VORONKO 24/01/1939 |
Dniprovskyy District Court of Kyiv, 16/05/2007 |
74. |
67118/10 08/11/2010 |
Vasyl Dmytrovych NYZOVETS 01/09/1923 |
1) Shepetivka Court, 18/12/2007, as amended by the Lviv Administrative Court of Appeal on 30/09/2008
2) Shepetivka Court, 26/02/2009 |
75. |
70818/10 17/11/2010 |
Viktor Pavlovych OBLOG 08/11/1955 Shostka |
Shostka Court, 26/12/2008 |
76. |
70849/10 22/11/2010 |
MZHK MRIYA, TOV |
Lugansk Regional Commercial Court, 02/04/2007 |
77. |
71165/10 20/11/2010 |
Anatoliy Petrovych SANEVYCH 04/11/1962 |
Zhytomyr Regional Administrative Court, 27/09/2007 |
78. |
72636/10 29/11/2010 |
Valentina Viktorovna PROKOPENKO 19/05/1962 |
Pervomayskyy Court, 22/08/2008 |
79. |
73013/10 29/11/2010 |
Valentina Nikolayevna SOKOLOVA 01/01/1965 |
Pervomayskyy Court, 10/07/2008 |
80. |
73067/10 01/12/2010 |
Olga Petrivna KALASHNYUK 01/01/1939 |
Tetiyiv Court, 29/11/2007 |
81. |
73241/10 30/11/2010 |
Tatyana Ivanovna POKHODZHAY 23/08/1953 |
1) Labour Disputes Commission of the Pervomayskyy State Enterprise “Khimprom”, 10/12/2007
2) Pervomayskyy Court, 25/07/2008 |
82. |
73818/10 20/11/2010 |
Iryna Ivanivna GULCHAK 01/01/1954 |
Staromiskyy District Court of Vinnytsya, 29/07/2002 |
83. |
73882/10 26/10/2010 |
Sergey Nikolayevich PUGACH 17/02/1967 |
Novogrodivka Court, 06/11/1996 |
84. |
74828/10 29/11/2010 |
Galina Vasilyevna MAKSIMOVICH 01/01/1952 |
Pervomayskyy Court, 09/07/2008 |
85. |
1330/11 22/12/2010 |
Viktor Ivanovych KOLOSOV 01/01/1946 |
1) Lysychansk Court, 03/02/2005
2) Lysychansk Court, 05/04/2005 |
86. |
1397/11 21/12/2010 |
Anatoliy Dmytrovych KOLYADA 15/11/1957 |
Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeal, 08/10/2009 |
87. |
1437/11 20/12/2010 |
Anatoliy Kirillovich YOVZHENKO 28/03/1949 |
1) Selydove Court, 18/02/2009
2) Selydove Court, 20/02/2009 |
88. |
2016/11 27/12/2010 |
Vladimir Ivanovich MALYUK 08/08/1955 |
Lysychansk Court, 25/11/2008 |
89. |
3203/11 17/11/2010 |
Viktor Pavlovych OBLOG 08/11/1955 |
Shostka Court, 30/06/2009 |
90. |
4481/11 28/12/2010 |
Vladimir Ivanovich MALYUK 08/08/1955 |
Lysychansk Court, 04/09/2008 |
91. |
5406/11 12/01/2011 |
Mykola Yuriyovych PRYSHCHEPA 01/01/1948 |
Tetiyiv Court, 26/11/2007 |
92. |
5779/11 13/11/2011 |
Nikolay Pavlovich ZAKHAROV 01/05/1949 |
Lugansk Regional Commercial Court, 20/05/2003 |
93. |
5836/11 15/01/2011 |
Volodymyr Vasylyovych ZAMRYKOTA 04/09/1960 |
Fastiv Court, 05/03/2008 |
94. |
5844/11 12/01/2011 |
Tamara Volodymyrivna ILYASHEVA 25/04/1951 |
Lysychansk Court, 02/02/2005 |
95. |
5965/11 13/01/2011 |
Svitlana Fedorivna SHEMYAKINA 09/10/1944 |
Lysychansk Court, 20/01/2005 |
APPENDIX 5
(non-enforcement delays less than three years)
No. |
Application no. and date of introduction |
Applicant name date of birth |
Relevant domestic decisions |
46. |
63369/09 18/11/2009 |
Applicant 1:
Vladislav Valentinovich VOROBYEV 20/11/1940 |
1) Pecherskyy District Court of Kyiv, 16/02/2007
2) Pecherskyy District Court of Kyiv, 20/03/2007 |
96. |
27326/10 13/04/2010 |
Nikolay Vasilyevich PETUSHKOV 13/12/1956
Fedor Viktorovich MAKAROV 26/09/1954 |
Donetsk Regional Court of Appeal, 16/10/2009 |
97. |
56006/10 14/09/2010 |
Oleksandr Grygorovych MASHCHENKO 20/08/1981 |
Sevastopol Administrative Court of Appeal, 19/05/2010 |
98. |
477/11 13/12/2010 |
Tetyana Pavlivna DOLGOVA 01/01/1952 |
Zhovtnevyy District Court of Kharkiv, 12/04/2010 |
99. |
480/11 13/12/2010 |
Olena Anatoliyivna OLIYNYK 01/01/1953 |
Zhovtnevyy District Court of Kharkiv, 05/10/2009 |
100. |
5747/11 15/01/2011 |
Sergey Georgiyevich CHURSIN 01/01/1956 |
Tsentralno-Miskyy Court of Makiyivka, 28/04/2010 |