CASE OF KOVALENKO v. UKRAINE

CASE OF KOVALENKO v. UKRAINE

Application No: 21425/18

Articles: 35, 35-3-a, 3, 41

Respondent state: UKR

Date: 2026-05-28

Conclusion:

Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-3-a) Ratione personae; Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment; Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Subject classification: A.R.E. v. Greece, no. 15783/21, § 212, 7 January 2025; Basenko v. Ukraine, no. 24213/08, 26 November 2015; Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no. 23380/09, , ECHR 2015; Burlya and Others v. Ukraine, no. 3289/10, § 119, 6 November 2018; Çelik v. Turkey (no. 2), no. 39326/02, § 33, 27 May 2010; Chernega and Others v. Ukraine, no. 74768/10, § 125, 18 June 2019; Danilov v. Ukraine, no. 2585/06, § 70, 13 March 2014; Đurđević v. Croatia, no. 52442/09, § 75, ECHR 2011 (extracts); Enukidze and Girgvliani v. Georgia, no. 25091/07, § 290, 26 April 2011; Kirpichenko v. Ukraine, no. 38833/03, § 87, 2 April 2015; Kuchta and Mętel v. Poland, no. 76813/16, §§ 70-71, 2 September 2021; Labita v. Italy [GC], no. 26772/95, § 131, ECHR 2000-IV; Makuchyan and Minasyan v. Azerbaijan and Hungary, no. 17247/13, § 119, 26 May 2020; Mižigárová v. Slovakia, no. 74832/01, § 87, 14 December 2010; Muta v. Ukraine, no. 37246/06, § 61, 31 July 2012; Pomilyayko v. Ukraine, no. 60426/11, § 55, 11 February 2016; Reilly v. Ireland (dec.), no. 51083/09, §§ 55 and 56, 23 September 2014; Sašo Gorgiev v. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, no. 49382/06, ECHR 2012 (extracts); Vitkovskiy v. Ukraine, no. 24938/06, § 101, 26 September 2013; Voykin and Others v. Ukraine, no. 47889/08, § 89, 27 March 2018; Zhyzitskyy v. Ukraine, no. 57980/11, § 48, 19 February 2015