Administration of justice / Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness

In January 2015, the applicant’s house was destroyed by ordnances. A commission examined the level of destruction and recognized it as inevitable. The applicant referred to the court claiming a compensation according to the Civil Protection Code, the Law on combatting terrorism and the Protocol 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The requested amount of compensation was 1 156 356,50 UAH. The applicant’s claim was rejected in the lower instance courts. The applicant appealed the decisions of the lower-instance courts and reached the Supreme Court. The latter decided that the applicant is entitled to compensation due to the state’s failure to elaborate the relevant compensation mechanism as a protection measure of the property right. Ukraine is now obliged to compensate for the damaged housing under Protocol 1 to the ECHR. There is no clear mechanism on the payment of compensations though. Therefore, the Court assigned 100,000 UAH of compensation from the State Budget of Ukraine, which is much lower than an applicant requested. However, the decision is final and cannot be disputed in Ukraine.

25 March 2020 | Judicial Body: Ukraine: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Ukrainians | 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 | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Economic, social and cultural rights - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Ukraine