CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 7 mai 2026

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The applicants’ complaints under Articles 3 and   13 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”). In application no. 4210/22 the applicant’s complaint of the excessive length of pre-trial detention was also communicated under Articles 5 § 3 of the Convention. THE LAW    Joinder of the applications Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.    Complaints under Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention The applicants lodged their applications with the Court, complaining of inadequate conditions of detention in the facilities concerned during the   periods set out in the appended table. Notably, they indicated their continuing detention in those facilities. In their observations, the Government provided records from the   respective detention facilities indicating that the periods of the applicants’ detention differed from those specified in their application forms. In particular, all the applicants had left those facilities between six days and four months before lodging their applications with the Court (see the appended table for the relevant dates). When invited to comment, the applicants’ representatives provided no explanation in this regard; however, some of them amended their statements of facts to reflect the dates of detention submitted by the Government. Only in application no.   4210/22 did the applicant’s representative address this issue, submitting that he had had no intention to mislead the Court, but he did not provide any further explanation of the discrepancy at issue. The Court notes that in the recent case of Volozhanin and Znakovan v.   Ukraine ((dec.), nos. 19951/21 and 31160/21, 3 March 2026) it found similar issues to those in the present case to amount to an abuse of the right of individual application. In particular, it rejected as abusive applications containing untrue facts regarding the duration of the applicants’ detention. The Court further observed that such facts played a key role in determining whether the conditions of detention satisfied the guarantees of Article 3 of the   Convention and had a significant impact on any award in respect of non-pecuniary damage. Lastly, it drew strong unfavourable inferences from the   applicants’ failure to provide any explanation, notwithstanding that they were represented by professional lawyers throughout the proceedings (ibid.,   §§   29, 34-35). In the present case, the applicants’ allegations of their continued detention had no basis in any supporting documents or evidence, apart from their bare statements. While the Court is mindful of the objective difficulties experienced by detained persons in gathering evidence to substantiate their claims, it notes that the applicants were represented by professional lawyers from the outset of the proceedings. There was no allegation of any undue restriction on communication between the applicants and their representatives. Nevertheless, the applicants signed the authority and application forms on the same day outside the detention facilities and subsequently lodged their applications claiming their continuing detention therein. Accordingly, these complaints must be rejected as an abuse of the right of individual application, pursuant to Article 35 §§ 3 (a) and 4 of the   Convention.    Remaining complaints In application no. 4210/22, the applicant also raised a complaint under Article 5 § 3 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of his pre-trial detention. Although this applicant’s conduct which constituted abuse directly concerned only his complaints under Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention, the   Court considers that such behaviour should have implications for the   admissibility of the entire application (see Safaryan v. Armenia (dec.), no.   16346/10, §§ 20-21 and 30, 14 January 2020, and Mamić and Others v.   Croatia (dec.), nos. 21714/22 and 2 others, §§ 144-45, 9 July 2024). It follows that the applications as a whole must be rejected as an abuse of the right of individual application, pursuant to Article 35 §§ 3 (a) and 4 of the   Convention. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to join the applications; Declares the applications inadmissible. Done in English and notified in writing on 28 May 2026.     Viktoriya Maradudina   Andreas Zünd   Acting Deputy Registrar   President   APPENDIX No. Application no. Applicant’s name Year of birth   Representative’s name and location Detention facility concerned Date of signature (authority and application forms) Date of introduction Claimed detention period (start and end dates) Actual most recent detention period (start and end dates)     23549/20   Pavlo Ivanovych KRYUK 1990   Ignatov Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Dnipro Zaporizhzhya Pre-Trial Detention Facility 12/05/2020   12/05/2020 10/06/2017 – pending 16/11/2017 – 23/04/2020     4210/22   Rustam Narkuliyevych ACHILOV 1978   Kushnir Valeriy Volodymyrovych Dnipro Kyiv Pre-Trial Detention Facility 09/12/2021   31/12/2021 06/12/2018 – pending 06/12/2018 – 22/11/2021     33965/22   Oleksiy Rudolfovych SHULYATYEV 1975   Rybiy Sergiy Mykolayovych Dnipro Dnipro Detention Facility no.   4 23/06/2022   26/06/2022 19/04/2021 – pending   19/04/2021 – 14/02/2022     22575/23   Oleksandr Oleksandrovych MELNYCHENKO 1988   Pustyntsev Andriy Vitaliyovych Dnipro Zhytomyr Detention Facility no. 8 15/05/2023   16/05/2023 10/08/2020 – pending 10/08/2020 – 26/04/2023     35061/23   Oleksandr Vitaliyovych GUDALOV 1983   Rybiy Sergiy Mykolayovych Dnipro Poltava Detention Facility no. 23 25/08/2023   31/08/2023 20/04/2022 – 25/08/2023 20/04/2022 – 25/04/2023     35711/23   Sergiy Mykolayovych MELNYK 1984   Kulbach Sergiy Oleksandrovych Limoges Kyiv Pre-Trial Detention Facility 28/06/2023   17/09/2023 03/08/2022 – pending 03/08/2022 – 27/06/2023     5044/24   Sergiy Mykolayovych SHAKHOV 1979   Rybiy Sergiy Mykolayovych Dnipro Romny Detention Facility no. 56 27/01/2024   27/01/2024 03/07/2019 – pending 03/07/2019 – 26/12/2023     12682/24   Sergiy Fedorovych DOMINOV 1967   Rybiy Sergiy Mykolayovych Dnipro Zamkova Detention Facility no. 58 10/04/2024 10/04/2024 13/01/2017 – 10/04/2024 14/04/2023 – 04/04/2024