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ECtHR found a complaint of Ukraine on Russian violation of human rights in Crimea “Partly admissible”

January 14, 2021

On 14 January 2021, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) accepted for consideration [1] the inter-State application lodged by Ukraine against Russia concerning human rights violations in the temporarily occupied Crimea, declaring it partly admissible. In Ukraine v. Russia (re Crimea),the Government of Ukraine provided evidence of repetitive violations of a number of articles of the European Convention on Human Rights by the Russian Federation, alongside with Russian official tolerance towards it. This decision is of utmost importance for Ukraine, as the complaints’ admissibility is a prerequisite for the Court to pursue the consideration of the case on the merits.

Here are the main aspects of yesterday’s decision.

Overall, yesterday’s decision of the Court became an expected and remarkable victory of Ukraine on the legal front of the fight against Russia. The first stage has been passed: the way to consider the merits of Ukrainian complaints in Strasbourg is now open.

Yaroslava Yudina, Strategic Lawyer at R2P

Text of the ECtHR decision is available