CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 14 octobre 2024

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The applicants, life prisoners detained in different facilities, complain under Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention of poor material conditions of their detention, severe social isolation, lack of access to any purposeful activities, such as work, education, sport, or recreation, and the absence of any effective domestic remedy in this respect. A short summary of each application is provided in the appendix. QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES 1.     Did the conditions of the applicants’ detention amount to inhuman or degrading treatment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention? In particular:   (a)     Have the applicants been held in inadequate material conditions of detention in breach of Article 3 of the Convention (see Muršić v. Croatia [GC], no. 7334/13, 20   October 2016; Melnik v. Ukraine , no. 72286/01, 28   March 2006; Sukachov v. Ukraine , no. 14057/17, 30   January 2020)?   (b)     Do the applicants, except for applications nos. 31650/20 and 34048/23, have an adequate level of human and social interaction (see Ivan Karpenko v. Ukraine , no. 45397/13, §§   58-65, 16   December   2021)?   (c)     Do the applicants, as indicated in the appendix, have access to purposeful activities, such as work, education, sports, or recreation, particularly with a view to their rehabilitation (see Murray v. the Netherlands [GC], no.   10511/10, §§ 101-104, 26 April 2016, and N.T. v. Russia , no.   14727/11, §§ 44-52, 2 June 2020)? Your Government are requested to specify the nature and the scope of the activities, along with the relevant legal framework, as well as any recent developments in domestic legislation and practice.   2.     Did the applicants have an effective domestic remedy in respect of the above complaints, as required by Article 13 of the Convention? If so, have the applicants exhausted domestic remedies within the meaning of Article   35   § 1 of the Convention?   APPENDIX No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth Representative’s name and location Facility Start and end date Duration Sq. m per inmate Specific grievances regarding the material conditions and prison regime     30475/20 16/07/2020 Aleksandr Ivanovich ZHUCHENKO 1959   Preobrazhenskaya Oksana Vladimirovna Strasbourg Zhytomyr Detention Facility No.   8 23/12/2001 pending More than 22 year(s) and 8   month(s) and 22   day(s) 3.6 m² Lack of fresh air, overcrowding, lack of privacy for toilet, stench of toilet, mouldy cell, insufficient natural light, inadequate outdoor exercise facilities, bunk beds, inadequate furniture, constant electric light, restricted access to warm water, poor quality of potable water, lack of laundry services, lack of toiletries, lack of cloth, poor quality of food, lack of requisite medical assistance   Lengthy confinement with the same person, lack of out-of-cell human and social interaction, lack of employment opportunities, insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of prospects for transfer to multi-occupancy cell-type premises, ban on communication with other prisoners     31650/20 20/08/2020 Sergiy Anatoliyevych KLYMENKO 1976   Voronyuk Kateryna Yuriyivna Rivne Romny Detention Facility No.   56 24/04/2009 pending More than 15 year(s) and 4   month(s) and 18   day(s) 3.4 m² Lack of fresh air, overcrowding, lack of privacy for toilet, constant electric light, lack of toiletries, poor quality of food, stench of toilet, mouldy cell, insufficient natural light, inadequate outdoor exercise facilities, lack of adequate furniture, restricted access to warm water, restricted access to shower   Constant video surveillance, lack of employment opportunities, lack of engagement in any purposeful activities, insufficient physical exercise in fresh air     2537/21 06/01/2021 Vadim Viktorovich SOBKO 1979   Preobrazhenskaya Oksana Vladimirovna Strasbourg Zhytomyr Detention Facility No.   8 20/08/2001 pending More than 23 year(s) and 25   day(s) 3.6 m² Lack of fresh air, overcrowding, lack of privacy for toilet, stench of toilet, mouldy cell, insufficient natural light, inadequate outdoor exercise facilities, bunk beds, inadequate furniture, constant electric light, restricted access to warm water, poor quality of potable water, lack of laundry services, lack of toiletries, lack of cloth, poor quality of food, lack of requisite medical assistance   Lengthy confinement with the same person, lack of out-of-cell human and social interaction, lack of employment opportunities, insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of prospects for transfer to multi-occupancy cell-type premises, ban on communication with other prisoners     30494/22 20/06/2022 Igor Alekseyevich LUNEV 1975   Preobrazhenskaya Oksana Vladimirovna Strasbourg Zhytomyr Detention Facility No.   8 20/01/2002 pending More than 22 year(s) and 7   month(s) and 25   day(s) 3.6 m² Lack of fresh air, overcrowding, lack of privacy for toilet, stench of toilet, mouldy cell, insufficient natural light, inadequate outdoor exercise facilities, bunk beds, inadequate furniture, constant electric light, restricted access to warm water, poor quality of potable water, lack of laundry services, lack of toiletries, lack of cloth, poor quality of food, lack of requisite medical assistance, inadequate temperature, loud noise   Lengthy confinement with the same person, lack of out-of-cell human and social interaction, lack of employment opportunities, insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of prospects for transfer to multi-occupancy cell-type premises, ban on communication with other prisoners     13832/23 06/03/2023 Oleksandr Oleksandrovych NIKOLAYENKO 1982       Chernihiv Pre-Trial Detention Facility 29/07/2022 to 08/11/2022 3 month(s) and 11   day(s) 3 m²                           Lack of fresh air, overcrowding, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of toiletries, lack of cloth, poor quality of food, stench of toilet, mouldy cell, insufficient natural light, inadequate outdoor exercise facilities, restricted access to shower, inadequate toilet facilities, lack or inadequate laundry services, insufficient electric light   Lack of employment opportunities, lack of engagement in any purposeful activity, insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lengthy confinement with the same person, lack of contacts with other detainees, unreasonable restrictions on visits                     34048/23 02/08/2023 Sergiy Anatoliyovych SAFRONOV 1978       Romny Detention Facility No.   56 04/07/2005 pending More than 19 year(s) and 2   month(s) and 9   day(s)   7 m² Lack of privacy for toilet, stench of toilet, mouldy cell   Lack of employment opportunities     13049/24 30/04/2024 Oleksiy Yuriyovych NOSIK 1980   Preobrazhenskaya Oksana Vladimirovna Strasbourg Vinnytsya Detention Facility No.   1 17/07/2002 pending More than 22 year(s) and 1   month(s) and 27   day(s) 3.5 m² Lack of fresh air, overcrowding, lack of privacy for toilet, stench of toilet, mouldy cell, insufficient natural light, inadequate outdoor exercise facilities, restricted access to shower, insufficient electric light, bunk beds, inadequate furniture, restricted access to warm water, poor quality of food   Lengthy confinement with the same person, lack of out-of-cell human and social interaction, lack of employment opportunities, insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, unreasonable restrictions on visits, lack of prospects for transfer to multi-occupancy cell-type premises, ban on communication with other prisoners