CEDH · CASELAW;JUDGMENTS;COMMITTEE;ENG — 8 juin 2023

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UKRAINE (Application no. 32035/20 and 8 others – see appended list)           JUDGMENT   STRASBOURG 8 June 2023       This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.   In the case of Volyanska and Others v. Ukraine, The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:   Carlo Ranzoni, President ,   Lado Chanturia,   María Elósegui , judges , and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 17 May 2023, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date: PROCEDURE 1.     The case originated in applications against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article   34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table. 2.     The Ukrainian Government (“the   Government”) were given notice of the applications. THE FACTS 3.     The list of applicants and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table. 4.     The applicants complained of the excessive length of civil proceedings and of the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law. THE LAW JOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS 5.     Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single judgment. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE   6 § 1 AND   ARTICLE   13 OF THE CONVENTION 6.     The applicants complained that the length of the civil proceedings in question had been incompatible with the “reasonable time” requirement and that they had no effective remedy in this connection. They relied on Article   6   § 1 and Article   13 of the Convention. 7.     The Court reiterates that the reasonableness of the length of proceedings must be assessed in the light of the circumstances of the case and with reference to the following criteria: the complexity of the case, the conduct of the applicants and the relevant authorities and what was at stake for the applicants in the dispute (see Frydlender v.   France [GC], no.   30979/96, §   43, ECHR 2000-VII). 8.     In the leading case of Karnaushenko v. Ukraine (no. 23853/02, 30   November 2006), the Court already found a violation in respect of issues similar to those in the present case. 9.     Having examined all the material submitted to it, and having also reiterated the three-month extension of the six-month time-limit for lodging an application, introduced on account of the COVID ‑ 19 pandemic (see Saakashvili v. Georgia (dec.), nos.   6232/20   and   22394/20, §§ 46-59, 1   March 2022), the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of justifying the overall length of the proceedings at the national level. Having regard to its case-law on the subject, the Court considers that in the instant case the length of the proceedings was excessive and failed to meet the “reasonable time” requirement. 10.     The Court further notes that the applicants did not have at their disposal an effective remedy in respect of these complaints. 11.     These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article   6 § 1 and of Article   13 of the Convention. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE   41 OF THE CONVENTION 12.     Article 41 of the Convention provides: “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.” 13.     Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case ‑ law (see, in particular, Karnaushenko, cited above, §§ 70 and 75), the Court considers it reasonable to award the sums indicated in the appended table. FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT, UNANIMOUSLY, Decides to join the applications; Declares the applications admissible; Holds that these applications disclose a breach of Article   6 § 1 and Article   13 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law; Holds (a)   that the respondent State is to pay the applicants, within three months, the amounts indicated in the appended table, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State 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 8 June 2023, pursuant to Rule   77   §§   2 and   3 of the Rules of Court.     Viktoriya Maradudina   Carlo Ranzoni   Acting Deputy Registrar   President       APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention (excessive length of civil proceedings and lack of any effective remedy in domestic law)   No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth Representative’s name and location Start of proceedings End of proceedings Total length Levels of jurisdiction Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage per applicant (in euros) [1]     32035/20 23/07/2020 Larysa Volodymyrivna VOLYANSKA 1952 Leshchenko Andriy Viktorovych Odesa 07/12/2008 14/08/2015   27/05/2013 25/09/2019 (decision received on 31/10/2019) 8 years and 7 months and 3 days 3 levels of jurisdiction 1,300     12800/21 22/02/2021 Myroslava Mykhaylivna BUTRYN 1984     27/07/2012 03/11/2020 8 years and 3 months and 8 days 3 levels of jurisdiction 1,200     36546/21 05/07/2021 Vira Mykolayivna BULGAKOVA 1952     08/07/2008 01/02/2021 12 years and 6 months and 25 days 3 levels of jurisdiction 4,200     47412/21 14/09/2021 Oleksandr Yevgeniyovych MAKSYMYKHIN 1985     10/03/2017 16/02/2023 5 years and 11 months and 7 days 2 levels of jurisdiction 1,500     48342/21 20/09/2021 Valeriy Grygorovych CHERNENKO 1961     23/04/2013 08/04/2021 7 years and 11 months and 17 days 3 levels of jurisdiction 1,200     52163/21 13/10/2021 Ruslan Vasylyovych MUDRYK 1973 Chernilevska Ruslana Vitaliyivna Vinnytsya 31/07/2014 14/04/2021 6 years and 8 months and 15 days 3 levels of jurisdiction 900     57524/21 14/11/2021 Valeriy Ivanovych PANCHENKO 1963 Chernilevska Ruslana Vitaliyivna Vinnytsya 31/07/2014 14/04/2021 (received by the applicant on 17/05/2021) 6 years and 8 months and 15 days 3 levels of jurisdiction 900     59492/21 02/12/2021 Olena Ivanivna VOROBEY 1970     29/08/2011 03/06/2021 9 years and 9 months and 6 days 3 levels of jurisdiction 2,400     5871/22 19/01/2022 Volodymyr Ivanovych BEREGOVYY 1956     17/04/2013 21/11/2014 20/03/2014 21/07/2021 7 years and 7 months and 5 days 3 levels of jurisdiction 900   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.