Case Law

THE COURT HELD: The administrative claim of PERSON to the Bakhmut Joint Directorate of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in the Donetsk Oblast on the recognition of unlawful actions and obligation to take certain actions shall be satisfied to the full extent. The Decree "On Suspension of Payment of Pension to PERSON_6 Until Clarification" of the Bakhmut Joint Directorate of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in the Donetsk Oblast of March 24, 2017, is declared unlawful and is cancelled. The Bakhmut Joint Directorate of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in Donetsk Oblast is obliged to resume payment of pension to PERSON_6, from April 01, 2017. [...]

3 May 2018 | Judicial Body: Ukraine: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Economic, social and cultural rights - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) | Countries: Ukraine

Administrative cases; Cases on disputes over the implementation of public policies in the areas of labour, employment and social protection of citizens and disputes in the area of public housing policy, namely, disputes regarding: management, supervision and other administrative functions (assignment, recalculation and implementation of insurance benefits) in the area of the corresponding types of obligatory state social insurance, including: obligatory state pension insurance, including pension insurance for persons dismissed from the public service (military service)

30 January 2018 | Judicial Body: Ukraine: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Economic, social and cultural rights - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Ukraine

(i) What are the likely punishments for draft evasion in Ukraine (ii) Are prison conditions for draft evaders in Ukraine contrary to Article 3 of ECHR, or has there been a significant and durable change in Ukraine such that the country guidance decision of PS (prison conditions; military service) CG [2006] UKAIT 00016 should no longer be followed?

7 March 2017 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription | Countries: Ukraine - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

12 January 2017 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Border controls - Effective remedy - Grounds for persecution - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures | Countries: Djibouti - Eritrea - Ukraine

4 May 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Christian - Freedom of religion - Political groups - Political situation - Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Ukraine

15 March 2016 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): HIV and AIDS - Right to family life | Countries: Kazakhstan - Moldova, Republic of - Russian Federation - Ukraine - Uzbekistan

25 June 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Acts of persecution - Convention against Torture (CAT) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Ukraine

25 June 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Acts of persecution - Appeal / Right to appeal - Convention against Torture (CAT) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Ukraine