Новости

On February 16, 2012 the European Court of Human Rights held to award the applicant in Savin v. Ukraine UAH 450.000 for being tortured by Ukrainian law enforcement officers and for violation of his right to freedom.   

Mr. Vyacheslav Savin was represented before the European Court by ILF’s senior associate Andriy Kristenko.

In 1999 a citizen of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Savin appeared in the Dzerzhynskiy Police Precinct of the City of Kharkiv after he was summoned by the police to do so. Shortly after being “questioned” there he became a handicapped for life. The Prosecutor’s Office investigated this case for more than 10 years. Finally, the statute of limitation established for such cases by Ukrainian law ran out and those responsible for torturing Mr. Savin and violating his right to freedom evaded just punishment.  

In 2007 Andriy Kristenko assisted the applicant with lodging a complaint against Ukraine with the European Court of Human Rights.

In the application to the Court he complained about his arbitrary detention, torture by the police officers, and ineffective investigation of his complaints about the ill-treatment.     

On February 16, 2012 the European Court of Human Rights in its decision agreed with the applicant’s claims in full and ordered an award of UAH 450.000 in his favor.

This judgment will become final in 3 months and the state of Ukraine will be obligated to compensate the applicant almost half a million hryvnyas.

By this judgment the European Court once again discloses serious deficiencies in the investigation of complaints about ill-treatment of detainees being a structural problem in Ukraine.

To see the original judgment, please follow the link to Court’s official website (www.echr.coe.int)