Bala v. Ukraine

FIFTH SECTION

Application no. 2801/20 Volodymyr Mykolayovych BALA against Ukraine

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 18 February 2021 as a Committee composed of:

Ivana Jelić, President, Ganna Yudkivska, Arnfinn Bårdsen, judges, and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 17 March 2020,

Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.

The applicant’s complaint under Article 3 of the Convention concerning his life sentence with no prospect of release was communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”).

THE LAW

Complaint under Article 3 of the Convention (life sentence with no prospect of release)

In the present application, having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that for the reasons stated below, the application is inadmissible.

In particular, the Court notes that the present complaint is substantially the same as the matter already examined by the Court in the applicant’s application no. 9511/18 (see Lopata and Others v. Ukraine , nos. 84210/17 and 23 others, §§ 6‑9, 10 December 2020, application no. 2 in the appended table).

In view of the above, the Court finds that this complaint is inadmissible and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 2 (b) and 4 of the Convention.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Declares the application inadmissible.

Done in English and notified in writing on 11 March 2021.

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Liv Tigerstedt Ivana Jelić Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention

(life sentence with no prospect of release)

Application no.

Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Name of the trial court

Date of the life sentence

Judicial decision upholding the conviction

2801/20

17/03/2020

Volodymyr Mykolayovych BALA

1976

Chernigiv Court of Appeal

08/08/2003

Supreme Court

18/11/2003