CASE OF GANDZYUK AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE

CASE OF GANDZYUK AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE

Application No: 52380/21

Articles: 35, 35-1, 2, 2-1, 10, 10-1, 10-2, 41

Respondent state: UKR

Date: 2026-11-05

Conclusion:

Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Life) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect); Violation of Article 10 - Freedom of expression - {general} (Article 10-1 - Freedom of expression); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Subject classification: Beley v. Ukraine, no. 2705/20, § 63, 19 December 2024; Belousov v. Ukraine, no. 4494/07, §§ 116 17, 7 November 2013; Carter v. Russia, no. 20914/07, §§ 162-69, 21 September 2021; Chayka v. Ukraine [Committee], no. 43800/15, 11 March 2021; Dink v. Turkey, nos. 2668/07 and 4 others, §§ 137 and 138, 14 September 2010; Enukidze and Girgvliani v. Georgia, no. 25091/07, 26 April 2011; Fergec v. Croatia, no. 68516/14, 9 May 2017; Gongadze v. Ukraine, no. 34056/02, §§ 164-71, ECHR 2005-XI; Huseynova v. Azerbaijan, no. 10653/10, 13 April 2017; Khadija Ismayilova v. Azerbaijan, nos. 65286/13 and 57270/14, §§ 158-66, 10 January 2019; Kotelnikov v. Russia, no. 45104/05, § 93, 12 July 2016; Kovalenko v. Ukraine, no. 21425/18, §§ 88-93, 28 May 2026; Mazepa and Others v. Russia, no. 15086/07, 17 July 2018; McCann and Others v. the United Kingdom, 27 September 1995, Series A no. 324; Mustafa Tunç and Fecire Tunç v. Turkey [GC], no. 24014/05, 14 April 2015; Nachova and Others v. Bulgaria [GC], nos. 43577/98 and 43579/98, ECHR 2005-VII; Nemtsova v. Russia, no. 43146/15, 11 July 2023; Nikolova and Velichkova v. Bulgaria, no. 7888/03, § 49, 20 December 2007; Özgür Gündem v. Turkey, no. 23144/93, ECHR 2000-III; Sašo Gorgiev v. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, no. 49382/06, §§ 47-48, ECHR 2012 (extracts); Skorokhodov v. Ukraine, no. 56697/09, § 36, 14 November 2013; Tërshana v. Albania, no. 48756/14, §§ 125-126, 4 August 2020; Tverdokhlebova v. Ukraine, no. 15830/16, §§ 32-33, 16 January 2025; Varnava and Others v. Turkey [GC], nos. 16064/90 and 8 others, § 161, ECHR 2009