FIFTH SECTION
CASE OF KONONOVA AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE
(Application no. 11770/03 and 89 other applications)
JUDGMENT
STRASBOURG
6 June 2013
This judgment is final. It may be subject to editorial revision.
In the case of Kononova 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 14 May 2013,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
PROCEDURE
THE FACTS
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE
THE LAW
I. JOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS
II. THE SECOND APPLICANT IN APPLICATION No. 47387/06
III. THE STANDING OF THE APPLICANTS IN APPLICATIONS Nos. 35771/07, 28061/08, 28071/08, 46953/08, 25260/09, 26397/09, 20032/10, 22620/10, 25288/10
IV. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLES 6 AND 13 OF THE CONVENTION AND OF ARTICLE 1 OF PROTOCOL No. 1
V. OTHER ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE CONVENTION
VI. 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;
2. Declares application no. 47387/06 inadmissible insofar as it is made by Ms Lyubov Rusanova;
3. Declares the complaints of the applicants 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;
4. Holds that there has been a violation of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1;
5. Holds that there has been a violation of Article 13 of the Convention;
6. 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 1 (with the exception of applications nos. 28061/08 and 28071/08) and EUR 1,500 (one thousand five hundred euros)
(i) to each applicant or his or her estate in the applications tabulated in Appendix 2 and
(ii) in applications nos. 28061/08 and 28071/08
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 6 June 2013, pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court.
Stephen Phillips Boštjan
M. Zupančič
Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX 1
(non-enforcement delays three years and more)
No. |
Application no. and date of introduction |
Applicants’ name and date of birth |
Relevant domestic decisions |
1. |
11770/03 28/03/2003 |
Svetlana Sergeyevna KONONOVA 04/04/1957 |
Suvorosvkyy District Court of Kherson, 06/06/2003 as amended by the Kherson Regional Court of Appeal, 11/02/2004 |
2. |
17953/05 06/05/2005 |
Nikolay Ivanovich DOVGALYOV 19/09/1957 |
Tsentralno-Miskyy District Court of Makiyivka, 12/08/2003, as amended by the Donetsk Regional Court of Appeal on 04/12/2003 |
3. |
26918/05 06/07/2005 |
Nonna Igorevna PORTNOVA 27/12/1950 |
Commercial Court of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, 12/12/2002 |
4. |
18448/06 25/04/2006 |
PARITET LTD, TOV VKP |
Kyiv Commercial Court, 19/02/2002 |
5. |
18673/06 22/04/2006 |
Valeriy Viktorovych SYNELNYKOV 25/07/1968 |
1) Romny Court, 20/01/2005
2) Romby Court, 21/11/2006 |
6. |
20933/06 13/05/2006 |
Lyudmila Fyodorovna BOBROVA 12/05/1963 |
Nova Kakhovka Court, 27/09/2005 |
7. |
34409/06 12/07/2006 |
Vasiliy Aleksandrovich TERNOVIK 18/01/1960 |
Novogrodivka Court, 21/12/1999 |
8. |
34596/06 02/08/2006 |
Stanislav Ivanovych PRUDKYY 30/05/1963 |
1) Military Court of Kyiv the Garrison, 09/09/1999
2) Bila Tserkva Court, 24/06/2005 |
9. |
41295/06 04/10/2006 |
Lyudmyla Viktorivna BURYAN 10/10/1939 |
Berdychiv Court, 18/12/2003 |
10. |
47358/06 18/11/2006 |
Olena Yevgeniyivna LYOVOCHKINA 26/09/1959 |
Zavodskyy District Court of Mykolayiv, 05/06/2001, having regard to the bailiffs’ misconduct as acknowledged by the Mykolayiv Regional Court of Appeal on 01/02/2006 |
11. |
47387/06 07/11/2006 |
Yelena Yevgenyevna GRYUNER 23/09/1958
Lyubov Aleksandrovna RUSANOVA 09/12/1948 |
Lenynskyy District Court of Zaporyzhzhya, 28/09/1999, rendered in respect of the first applicant |
12. |
9229/07 06/02/2007 |
Olena Mykhaylivna PIKUSH 20/05/1941 |
Petrykivskyy District Court of the Dnipropetrovsk Region, 09/04/1996, having regard to the bailiffs’ misconduct as acknowledged by the same court on 08/06/2005 |
13. |
9356/07 12/02/2007 |
Mykola Yevgenovych TATARENKO 08/11/1959 |
1) Berezneguvate, 13/12/2005
2) Berezneguvate, 10/11/2006
3) Berezneguvate, 16/03/2007 |
14. |
19149/07 20/04/2007 |
Mykola Petrovych POPOV 30/11/1929 |
1) Berdychiv Court, 15/09/2006
2) Berdychiv Court, 28/09/2006 |
15. |
22887/07 11/05/2007 |
Mariya Fedorivna ODNOKOPYLA 22/06/1942 |
Podilskyy District Court of Kyiv, 17/04/2002 |
16. |
24362/07 26/05/2007 |
Irina Yuryevna TIMOFEYEVA 13/01/1959 |
1) Nova Kakhovka Court, 25/10/2004
2) Nova Kakhovka Court, 02/02/2005 |
17. |
25143/07 29/05/2007 |
Viktor Feofanovich ZATURINSKIY 08/04/1948 |
1) Labour Disputes Commission of the "Yuzhnyy Elektromashynostroitelnyy Zavod" OJSC, 11/11/1999
2) Nova Kakhovka Court, 02/03/2007
3) Nova Kakhovka Court, 15/05/2007 |
18. |
26676/07 15/06/2007 |
KONEKS LTD, TOV 22/08/1956 |
Kharkiv Regional Commercial Court, 07/12/2005 |
19. |
31465/07 23/06/2007 |
Yakiv Mykhaylovych GORDIY 17/01/1945 |
1) Kosiv Court, 30/01/2006
2) Kosiv Court, 04/09/2003 |
20. |
34772/07 11/07/2007 |
Vasiliy Nikolayevich KOVALENKO 16/03/1969
Boris Nikolayevich ADAMOVICH 19/11/1958
Tatyana Vasilyevna BRUSLINOVSKAYA 13/02/1961
Anna Ivanovna DANILENKO 28/01/1947
Yekaterina Nikolayevna DANILENKO 06/12/1983
Antonina Nikolayevna KRAYNYAYA 15/11/1951
Natalya Mikhaylovna KULAYEVA 20/08/1957 |
Applicant 1: 1) Krasnyy Luch Court, 13/11/2002 2) Krasnyy Luch Court, 01/06/2005
Applicant 2: 3) Krasnyy Luch Court, 27/09/2002 4) Krasnyy Luch Court, 06/06/2005
Applicant 3: 5) Krasnyy Luch Court, 31/07/2002 6) Krasnyy Luch Court, 16/05/2005
Applicant 4: 7) Krasnyy Luch Court, 18/05/2005
Applicant 5: 8) Krasnyy Luch Court, 18/05/2005
Applicant 6: 9) Krasnyy Luch Court, 03/01/2003 10) Krasnyy Luch Town Court, 18/07/2005
Applicant 7: 11) Krasnyy Luch Court, 09/12/2003 12) Krasnyy Luch Court, 07/06/2005 |
21. |
35771/07 20/07/2007 |
Lyudmila Pavlovna TOLSTOKOROVA 27/01/1937 |
1) Nova Kakhovka Court, 25/10/2004
2) Nova Kakhovka Court, 23/02/2005 |
22. |
35858/07 06/08/2007 |
Andrey Viktorovich MALTYZ 15/08/1972 |
Lugansk Regional Court of Appeal, 25/02/2008 |
23. |
40767/07 07/08/2007 |
Nina Petrovna PAVLENKO 26/02/1946 |
Pervomayskyy Court, 12/12/2005 |
24. |
44386/07 08/08/2006 |
Vitaliy Grygorovych PASYOVIN 18/07/1957 |
Bila Tserkva Court, 30/09/2005 |
25. |
51922/07 08/11/2007 |
Vladimir Dmitriyevich PUZENKO 15/01/1960 |
Crimea Court of Appeal, 17/04/2007 |
26. |
52743/07 12/11/2007 |
Marina Nikolayevna ISAYEVA 09/08/1964 |
1) Kyivskyy District Court of Odesa, 29/05/2003
2) Kyivskyy District Court of Odesa, 18/05/2006 |
27. |
56464/07 15/11/2007 |
Aleksandr Ivanovich KOLOSOV 26/03/1954 |
Krasnyy Luch Court, 23/03/1998 |
28. |
1865/08 15/12/2007 |
Nikolay Grigoryevich SHEVYCH 18/10/1952 |
Sverdlovsk Court, 27/05/2004 |
29. |
15601/08 21/03/2008 |
Aksentiy Platonovich DMITRASHEK 31/08/1940 |
1) Kirovske Cour (Donetsk Region), 31/05/2005
2) Kirovske Cour (Donetsk Region), 13/06/2005
3) Kirovske Cour (Donetsk Region), case no. 2-533, 01/06/2006
4) Kirovske Cour (Donetsk Region), case no. 2-534, 01/06/2006 |
30. |
20775/08 17/04/2008 |
Kateryna Fedorivna FESENKO 02/04/1949 |
Kyivskyy District Court of Poltava, 31/07/2002 |
31. |
27288/08 22/05/2008 |
Viktor Aleksandrovich MIKHAYLOV 31/05/1973 |
1) Krasnyy Luch Court, 22/06/2007
2) Krasnyy Luch Court, 28/09/2007 |
32. |
28061/08 05/06/2008 |
Andriy Sergiyovych SALNIKOV 24/12/1985 |
Military Court of the Kyiv Harrison, 27/02/2002 |
33. |
28071/08 05/06/2008 |
Diana Sergiyivna SALNIKOVA 05/02/1987 |
Military Court of the Kyiv Harrison, 27/02/2002 |
34. |
28090/08 16/05/2008 |
Andriy Mykhaylovych DANILOV 14/12/1966 |
Irpin Court, 23/11/2006 |
35. |
32466/08 12/06/2008 |
NAK, TOV |
Kyivskyy District Court of Poltava, 16/03/2006 |
36. |
37355/08 28/07/2008 |
Oleksandr Volodymyrovych PECHONCHYK 01/07/1966 |
Volodymyretskyy District Court of Rivne Region, 16/07/2002 as modified by the same court on 26/06/2008 (in light of the judgments of the same court dated 05/06/2007 and of the Lviv Administrative Court of Appeal dated 11/09/2008) |
37. |
46953/08 22/09/2008 |
Valentina Mikhaylovna MELNIKOVA 25/05/1931 |
Balaklavskyy District Court of Sevastopol, 23/06/2008 |
38. |
50872/08 19/09/2008 |
Ganna Oleksiyivna SITARUK 06/08/1926 |
Slavuta Court, 05/12/2002 |
39. |
61421/08 03/12/2008 |
Yevgeniya Trokhymivna GUTSOL 18/11/1937 |
1) Bershad Court, 27/04/2007
2) Vinnytsya Circuit Administrative Court, 15/09/2008 |
40. |
12892/09 19/02/2009 |
Anatoliy Grygoriyovych ARTYUKH 30/10/1948 |
Mukachevo Court, 12/03/2007, quashed in the light of newly discovered evidence by the Mukachevo Court on 24/12/2010 |
41. |
25260/09 21/04/2009 |
Vasyl Yukhymovych LEGKYY 11/11/1932 |
Tetiyiv Court, 19/11/2007 |
42. |
26397/09 04/03/2009 |
Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich MATSEGORA 19/04/1958 |
Slovyansk Court, 13/03/2000 |
43. |
32372/09 19/05/2009 |
Galina Vasilyevna OLENICH 01/08/1945 |
1) Slovyansk Court, 15/03/2002
2) Slovyansk Court, 12/04/2002
3) Slovyansk Court, 04/06/2003 |
44. |
33588/09 11/06/2009 |
Valeriy Fedorovych KRASYUK 13/09/1948 |
Chervonograd Court, 13/06/2005 |
45. |
38444/09 01/07/2009 |
Nadiya Mykolayivna MELNYCHUK 10/02/1958 |
1) Pecherskyy District Court of Kyiv, 23/08/2005
2) Zhytomyr Circuit Administrative Court, 05/10/2007, Quashed By the Higher Administrative Court on 19/07/2011
3) Zhytomyr Circuit Administrative Court, 21/11/2007 |
46. |
44965/09 06/08/2009 |
Fekla Antonovna MUKHINA 20/12/1923 |
Antratsyt Court, 28/09/2006 |
47. |
46337/09 16/08/2009 |
ADEPT, PP |
Sevastopol Commercial Court of Appeal, 28/11/2005, quashed by the Sevastopol Commercial Court of Appeal on 21/06/2010 |
48. |
53257/09 25/09/2009 |
Igor Viktorovych FEDOTOV 30/01/1964 |
Desnyanskyy District Court of Kyiv, 24/04/2008
|
49. |
54385/09 02/10/2009 |
Taisiya Kostyantynivna TATARETS 06/11/1940 |
Zavodskyy District Court of Dniprodzerzhynsk, 10/05/2006, as amended by the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Court of Appeal on 13/07/2006 and by the Supreme Court of Ukraine on 25/12/2008 |
50. |
54564/09 01/10/2009 |
Oleksandr Fedorovych SERDYUK 26/04/1962 |
1) Avtozavodskyy District Court of Kremenchuk, 04/09/2008
2) Avtozavodskyy District Court of Kremenchuk, 01/10/2008 |
51. |
54594/09 29/09/2009 |
Dmytro Grygorovych KAMENSKYY 11/05/1983 |
Pervomayskyy Court, 06/09/2007 as amended by the Kharkiv Regional Court of Appeal on 09/10/2007 |
52. |
59199/09 20/10/2009 |
Anatoliy Ivanovich RASKHODOV 24/06/1952 |
Labour Disputes Commission of the Lisychanskyy Zavod GTV , 14/06/2001 |
53. |
65102/09 27/11/2009 |
Vladimir Anatolyevich SENIK 27/01/1971 |
Kupyansk Court, 30/11/2001 |
54. |
67309/09 11/12/2009 |
Taras Yosyfovych GENTOSH
|
Drogobych Court, 29/12/2008 |
55. |
9993/10 04/02/2010 |
Vyacheslav Pavlovych OVCHYNNIKOV 27/07/1943 |
Mukachevo Court, 13/11/2006 |
56. |
11325/10 16/02/2010 |
Larysa Mykolayivna RYBALKO 26/03/1958
Yevgen Opanasovych RYBALKO 18/03/1955 Denys Yevgenovych RYBALKO 29/08/1981
Dmytro Yevgenovych RYBALKO 29/08/1981 |
Chervonozavodskyy District Court of Kharkiv, 22/11/2005 |
57. |
11826/10 11/02/2010 |
Galyna Oleksandrivna TARANENKO 30/03/1951 |
1) Pervomayskyy Court, 25/12/2007
2) Pervomayskyy Court, 26/02/2008 |
58. |
11976/10 16/02/2010 |
Anatoliy Danilovich MATVIYENKO 23/05/1943 |
1) Lugansk Circuit Administrative Court, 07/07/2009 as amended by the Donetsk Administrative Court of Appeal on 25/11/2009
2) Artemivskyy District Court of Lugansk, 08/02/2008 as amended by the Donetsk Administrative Court of Appeal on 12/06/2008 |
59. |
13482/10 22/02/2010 |
Aleksandr Vasilyevich MOROZOV 02/03/1958 |
1) Krasnyy Luch Court, 23/09/2008 as amended by the Lugansk Regional Court of Appeal, 10/12/2008
2) Krasnyy Luch Court, 03/09/2009 as amended by the Lugansk Regional Court of Appeal, 10/02/2010 |
60. |
15301/10 24/02/2010 |
Oleksandr Mykolayovych SAFONOV 19/03/1947
Valeriy Ivanovych MEDVEDEV 29/07/1946
Valentyn Fedorovych STOROZHENKO 07/09/1946
Stanislav Stanislavovych KUSHTAN 28/06/1941
Oleksandr Arsentyovych LISNENKO 06/12/1947
Sergiy Oleksandrovych ZAGLUSHCHENKO 08/06/1955 |
Applicant 1: Kirovskyy District Court of Donetsk, 27/01/2009 (two judgments on the same day: 2a-3/09 and 2a-4/09);
Applicant 2: Kirovskyy District Court of Donetsk, February 2009 (enforcement proceedings no. 11946771, enforcement writ no. 2a-64 issued on 16/02/2009);
Applicant 3: Kirovskyy District Court of Donetsk, 16/02/2009;
Applicant 4: Kirovskyy District Court of Donetsk, 12/02/2009;
Applicant 5: Kirovskyy District Court of Donetsk, 08/12/2008 as amended by the Donetsk Administrative Court of Appeal, 04/03/2009;
Applicant 6: Kirovskyy District Court of Donetsk, 28/01/2009 |
61. |
16144/10 03/03/2010 |
REAGENT, TOV 09/06/1989 |
Khmenlytskyy Regional Commercial Court, 14/07/2004 |
62. |
16644/10 09/03/2010 |
Vitaliy Vitalyevich DYACHKIN 14/08/1976 |
Tsentralno-Miskyy District Court of Gorlivka, 05/06/2009 |
63. |
17363/10 16/03/2010 |
Volodymyr Yuriyovych SIKAN 21/08/1968 |
Zhytomyr Circuit Administrative Court, 11/08/2007 |
64. |
17369/10 15/03/2010 |
Irina Mikhaylovna ROMANOVA 01/12/1957 |
Krasnyy Luch Court, 05/05/2004 |
65. |
17477/10 19/03/2010 |
Nadezhda Nikolayevna PALADIY 22/10/1952 |
1) Kerch Court, 06/08/2004
2) Kerch Court, 24/11/2004 |
66. |
17674/10 20/03/2010 |
Mykola Dmytrovych GRECHANYY 21/04/1949 |
Kharkiv Administrative Court of Appeal, 14/10/2008 |
67. |
20032/10 17/03/2010 |
Georgiy Ivanovych BILOUS 24/04/1926 |
Avtozavodsyy District Court of Kremenchuk, 26/06/2008 |
68. |
22620/10 25/03/2010 |
Petr Kuzmich KOVALENKO 11/07/1929 |
1) Kharkiv Regional Administrative Court, 17/11/2008
2) Balakliya Court, 20/07/2009 |
69. |
25360/10 23/04/2010 |
Vitaliy Gennadiyovych PANKOV 06/10/1972 |
Krasnyy Lyman Court, 24/11/2003 |
70. |
25363/10 23/04/2010 |
Ryta Vitaliyivna ADAMOVSKA 10/06/1967 |
Krasnyy Lyman Court, 24/11/2003 |
71. |
26232/10 20/04/2010 |
Mariya Ivanivna ARTYUKHOVA 21/08/1937 |
Velykyy Burluk Court,13/03/2008 |
72. |
26676/10 02/04/2010 |
Nikolay Nikolayevich YUKHIMENKO 17/09/1942 |
Court of Appeal of the Crimea, 30/09/2008 |
73. |
28834/10 17/04/2010 |
Grigoriy Vasilyevich ALFEROV 27/04/1960 |
Kharkiv Administrative Court of Appeal, 13/04/2009 |
74. |
29205/10 12/05/2010 |
Vladimir Stepanovich ANTOSHCHUK 15/04/1950 |
1) Torez Court, 27/11/2000
2) Torez Court, 07/12/2007 |
75. |
30803/10 17/05/2010 |
Nataliya Mykolayivna SAVCHENKO 12/01/1960 |
Darnytskyy District Court of Kyiv, 29/03/2008 |
76. |
42600/10 19/07/2010 |
Antonina Nikolayevna KOSHELEVSKAYA 03/04/1962
Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich KOSHELEVSKIY 03/06/1987 |
Simferopol District Court of the Crimea, 13/04/2001 |
77. |
51950/10 15/07/2010 |
Vita Grygorivna NIKITCHENKO 25/04/1983 |
1) Kharkiv Regional Commercial Court, 24/12/2008
2) Kharkiv Regional Commercial Court, 13/07/2009 |
78. |
65624/10 28/10/2010 |
Vladimir Aleksandrovich BORISOV 06/02/1958 |
Krasnyy Luch Court, 09/02/2007 |
79. |
66602/10 28/10/2010 |
Anatoliy Ivanovych ZHUK 12/06/1966 |
Zamostyanskyy District Court of Vinnytsya, 07/06/2006 |
80. |
66622/10 20/10/2010 |
Raisa Nikolayevna KORZH 23/02/1962 |
1) Labour Disputes Commission of “Zavod Mayak”, 01/04/2009
2) Selydovsk Court, 07/07/2008 |
81. |
66882/10 05/11/2010 |
Valentyna Mykolayivna KUCHER 03/04/1969 |
1) Svitlovodsk Court, 31/07/2006
2) Svitlovodsk Court, 22/12/2006 |
82. |
69639/10 11/11/2010 |
Petro Vasylyovych ZADERZHYNSKYY 15/07/1920 |
Dobropillya Court, 02/10/2007 |
83. |
5010/11 15/01/2011 |
Viktor Alekseyevich RASPOPOV 20/10/1935 |
Pecherskyy District Court of Kyiv, 05/02/2009 |
APPENDIX 2
(non-enforcement delays less than three years)
No. |
Application no. and date of introduction |
Applicants’ name and date of birth |
Relevant domestic decisions |
84. |
60679/08 26/11/2008 |
Vladyslav Valeriyovych AVDEYENKO 10/06/1977 |
Ternopil Court, 24/09/2007 |
85. |
50101/09 01/09/2009 |
Gennadiy Petrovych STROM 26/06/1965 |
Oleksandriya Court, 06/11/2008 |
86. |
51423/09 09/09/2009 |
Iryna Ivanivna SKOCHKO 07/03/1971 |
Oleksandriya Court, 27/02/2009 |
87. |
52625/09 08/09/2009 |
Olena Volodymyrivna CHAYKA AKA OSTAPENKO 10/05/1979 |
Oleksandriya Court, 27/02/2009 |
88. |
32380/10 03/06/2010 |
Nadiya Oleksandrivna ZAGYNAYLO 04/10/1965
Yuliya Andriyivna SLOBODSKA AKA ZAGYNAYLO 21/09/1986 |
Golosiyivskyy District Court of Kyiv, 19/03/2009 |
89. |
52748/10 04/09/2010 |
Iryna Dmytrivna ULYANOVA 06/08/1956 |
1) Zhovtnevyy District Court of Kharkiv, 22/06/2009
2) Zhovtnevyy District Court of Kharkiv, 22/02/2010, as amended by the judgment of the Kharkiv Regional Court of Appeal of 01/06/2010 |
90. |
55471/10 17/09/2010 |
Viktor Yakovych DRANYSH 28/07/1936 |
Donetsk Administrative Court of Appeal, 11/08/2009 |