Lisovyy and Yemelyanova v. Ukraine

FIFTH SECTION

Applications nos. 46460/19 and 51229/20 Mykola Viktorovych LISOVYY against Ukraine and Anna Oleksandrivna YEMELYANOVA against Ukraine

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 4 June 2026 as a Committee composed of:

Andreas Zünd , President , Vahe Grigoryan, Sébastien Biancheri , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

The list of the applicants and the relevant details are set out in the appendix.

The last communication from the applicants were on the dates when they had lodged their applications with the Court.

The applicants reside on the occupied territories of Ukraine, where Ukrainian or international postal services do not operate. They did not provide the Court with full contact information. The Registry’s numerous attempts to reach them by telephone or email were unsuccessful. It follows that there is no effective contact with the applicants.

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

The Court notes that all the available means to contact the applicants have been tried without success. The applicants did not provide the Court with any new contact information which could have allowed the Court to conduct further proceedings.

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 (see Bryska and Others v Ukraine [Committee] (dec.), nos. 11706/13 and 5 others, 2 November 2023, and Zhadan and Others v Ukraine [Committee] (dec.), nos. 29283/13 and 26 others, 14 December 2023).

The Court, however, reiterates that under Article 37 § 2 of the Convention it may decide to restore the applications to its list of cases if it considers that the circumstances justify such a course.

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 25 June 2026.

Viktoriya Maradudina Andreas Zünd Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

No.

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Location

Main complaints

raised

Contacted

1

46460/19

08/08/2019

Mykola Viktorovych LISOVYY

1964

Toretsk, Donetsk Region

Art. 6 (1) - unfair criminal proceedings;

Art. 6 (3) (a) – charges/information about charges;

Art. 6 (3) (b) - inadequate time/facilities for preparation of defence;

Art. 6 (3) (c) – lack of choice of legal assistance

by email;

telephone number unavailable

2

51229/20

06/11/2020

Anna Oleksandrivna YEMELYANOVA

1987

Velyka Lepetykha,

Kherson Region

Art. 6 (1) - unfair criminal proceedings

by telephone;

email address unavailable