CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 30 janvier 2020

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .s379BC09C { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s9793A85B { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s339D85E6 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s665E407E { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } .s8DF6C4 { font-family:Arial; color:#333333 } .s58B8AE49 { clear:both; mso-column-break-before:always } .s23860FF7 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:center } .s3561545 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; color:#333333 } .s75A32C27 { border-collapse:collapse } .s3695F815 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .s85646119 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12pt } .sEECE831 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; color:#474747 } .sE8934522 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } Communicated on 30 January 2020 Published on 17 February 2020     THIRD SECTION Application no. 59222/18 Tatyana Borisovna OKUSHKO and others against Cyprus lodged on 6 December 2018 SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE The application concerns the death of the applicants’ relative, Mr   Rostislav Okushko in Cyprus. Mr Okushko, who was a Russian national, was found dead on 21 April 2017 in the bathroom of his apartment in Limassol. The applicants listed in the appendix below are the wife (applicant no.1), two daughters (applicants nos. 2 and 5) and the parents (applicants nos.   3 and 4) of the deceased. They are represented before the Court by Ms   Oxana Preobrazhenskaya, a lawyer practising in Strasbourg. The applicants complain that the Cypriot authorities failed to carry out an effective investigation into Mr Okushko’s death in violation of Articles   2 and   3 of the Convention. In this connection, they also complain that they were not kept informed about the course of the investigation. QUESTION TO THE PARTIES Bearing in mind the applicants’ complaint and having regard to the procedural protection under Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention (see paragraph 104 of Salman v. Turkey [GC], no.   21986/93, § 104, ECHR   2000 ‑ VII and Labita v. Italy [GC], no.   26772/95, § 131, ECHR   2000-IV), was the investigation conducted in the present case by the domestic authorities effective in accordance with the above provisions?   In this connection the Government are also requested to clarify whether DNA tests were carried out on the knife found in the bathtub in the bathroom where Mr Okushko was found . ANNEX   List of Applicants   No. Applicant’s Name Birth date Nationality Place of residence 1 Tatyana Borisovna OKUSHKO 31/08/1968 Russian Moscow 2 Olesya Rostislavovna OKUSHKO 18/07/1986 Russian Moscow 3 Valeriy Vladimirovich OKUSHKO 30/01/1937 Russian Moscow 4 Yelena Filippovna OKUSHKO 05/01/1939 Russian Moscow 5 Alina Rostislavovna VORONEZHSKAYA 20/10/1992 Russian Moscow