LOSIKHIN AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE

FIFTH SECTION

Application no. 22357/18 Oleg Olegovych LOSIKHIN against Ukraine and 6 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 19 June 2025 as a Committee composed of:

Andreas Zünd , President , Diana Sârcu, Mykola Gnatovskyy , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.

The applicants’ complaints under the Convention were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The applicants were required to submit their observations in reply, however, the contact with the applicants was lost (see appended table for details).

By letters sent via the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms) and by registered post, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired and that no extension of time had been requested (see appended table for dates and details).

The applicants’ attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. No reply followed.

THE LAW

Having regard to the similar procedural conduct of the applicants, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.

In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications.

Accordingly, the cases should be struck out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to join the applications;

Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.

Done in English and notified in writing on 10 July 2025.

Viktoriya Maradudina Andreas Zünd Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

List of applications

No.

Application no.

Date of introduction

Applicant Year of Birth

Representative’s name

Main complaints raised

Date of sending

Government’s

observations to

the applicant

Date of the

Court strike-out warning letter

1.

22357/18

03/05/2018

Oleg Olegovych LOSIKHIN 1975

Article 6 § 1 - limitations on access to a court.

19/11/2024

(by eComms - not downloaded)

21/02/2025

(by registered post - returned undelivered)

2.

2467/19

11/12/2018

Oleksandr Vitaliyovych KUSHNARYOV 1953 Nataliya Gennadiyivna KUSHNARYOVA 1954 Fatima Raveyevna PAPURA 1974

Andriy Volodymyrovych KARKISHCHENKO

Art. 2 (1) - ineffective investigation into death, caused by private parties or in circumstances that exclude involvement of State agents;

Article 6 § 1 -excessive length of criminal proceedings;

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings

06/06/2023

(by eComms - not downloaded)

14/09/2023

(by eComms - not downloaded)

02/02/2024

(by registered post - delivered on 20/03/2024 and 29/03/2024)

3.

32123/19

07/06/2019

Volodymyr Valeriyovych MARDAR 1990

Ganna Yuriyivna STYRKUL

Article 6 § 1 - limitations on access to a court

04/07/2024

(by eComms - not downloaded)

25/10/2014

(by eComms - not downloaded)

and

(by registered post - delivered on 22/11/2024)

4.

43694/19

14/08/2019

P.Y.K. 1971

Art. 8 (1) - Protection of private life in publications.

08/08/2024

(by eComms – downloaded on 08/08/2024)

06/11/2024

(by eComms - not downloaded)

15/01/2025

(by registered post - delivered on 07/02/2025)

5.

29332/20

19/06/2020

Ahmad FARAH 1956

Art. 1 of Pr. No. 1 – interference with the property rights in view of the confiscation of money by customs authorities

19/11/2024

(by regular post)

21/02/2025

(by registered post - returned undelivered)

6.

5809/24

19/02/2024

Sergiy Volodymyrovych VOLKOV 1961

Vladyslav Volodymyrovych OPANASYK

Art. 3 - Inadequate medical treatment in detention;

Art. 5 (3) - excessive length of pre-trial detention.

19/11/2024

(by eComms - not downloaded)

21/02/2025

(by registered post - delivered on 14/03/2025)

7.

7774/24

11/03/2024

Dmytro Dmytrovych LELYK 1978

Sergiy Oleksandrovych KULBACH

Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention;

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention.

17/10/2024

(by eComms – partially downloaded)

21/01/2025

(by eComms – downloaded on 21/01/2025)