Ukraine has lost two cases in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on claims of Ukrainian citizens. It is reported by Ukrinform.
In the case “Smilianska v. Ukraine”, the ECHR found a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights regarding conditions of detention in a pretrial detention center, the sufficiency of grounds for detention and the failure to provide the necessary medical support.
In February 2011, criminal proceedings were instituted against Victoria Smilianska on suspicion of drug trafficking, possession and distribution. From January to November 2011, she stayed in the Kharkiv pretrial detention center.
The ECHR ruled that Ukraine to pay the plaintiff EUR 10,000 in non-pecuniary damage.
In the second case, “Melnyk v. Ukraine,” the ECHR found a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights in respect of police misconduct and an ineffective investigation into this fact in Ukraine. In addition, the ECHR found the applicant’s poor detention conditions at colonies, as well as forcing him to confess to a crime.
It is known that Mykola Melnyk received a court verdict on charges of involvement in a robbery that occurred in Kyiv in January 2007. The ECHR ordered Ukraine to pay in favor of the applicant EUR 12,000 in respect of non-pecuniary damage, EUR 2,760 court costs and EUR 30 compensation for mail.
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