FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 60591/17
Nikolay Nikolayevich SEDOV against Ukraine
and 5 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 7 May 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Diana Sârcu, President,
Kateřina Šimáčková,
Mykola Gnatovskyy, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The applicants’ complaints under the Convention were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The applicants were required to submit their observations in reply, however, the contact with the applicants has been lost (see appended table for details).
By letters sent via the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms) and by registered post, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired and that no extension of time had been requested (see appended table for dates and details).
The applicants’ attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. No reply followed.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar procedural conduct of the applicants, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications.
Accordingly, the applications should be struck out of the list of cases.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 28 May 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Sârcu
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications
Application no. Date of introduction | Applicant’s name Year of birth | Representative’s name
| Main complaints raised | Date of sending Government’s observations to the applicant | Date of the Court strike-out warning letter | |
1. | 60591/17 28/06/2017 | Nikolay Nikolayevich SEDOV |
| Article 6 (1) of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - concerning investigation into a robbery committed against the applicant
| 29/10/2021 (by regular post) | 21/10/2024 (by registered post, returned undelivered) |
2. | 50774/18 18/10/2018 | Andriy Igorovych PALYUKH |
| Art. 6 (1) - excessive length of civil proceedings;
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings | 26/09/2024 (by regular post) | 13/12/2024 (by registered post, delivered on 05/02/2025) |
3. | 31877/19 10/06/2019 | Olga Dmytrivna KHILCHENKO |
| Art. 6 (1) - arbitrary or clearly unlawful refusal to examine the applicant’s appeal | 26/09/2024 (by eComms - not downloaded) | 13/12/2024 (by registered post, delivered on 30/12/2024) |
4. | 5175/23 30/12/2022 | Sergiy Mykolayovych TSYMBAL | Iryna Stanislavivna KLYUYEVA | Art. 6 (1) - lack of access to a court. | 26/09/2024 (by eComms – downloaded on 26/09/2024) | 13/12/2024 (by eComms – downloaded on 17/12/2024) |
5. | 36340/23 20/09/2023 | Vusal Chingiz ogly BAYRAMOV | Oleksandr Viktorovych STAROVOYTOV | Article 3 - lack of requisite medical treatment in detention. | 04/11/2024 (by eComms – downloaded on 18/09/2024 and 16/01/2025) | 13/12/2024 (by registered post, returned undelivered) |
6. | 2691/24 30/12/2023
| Oleksandr Vyacheslavovych SVYSTUN |
| Art. 6 (1) - excessive length of civil proceedings;
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings | 26/09/2024 (by eComms – downloaded on 26/09/2024) | 13/12/2024 (by eComms – downloaded on 16/12/2024) |