On 1 October; the Committee of Ministers ended the supervision of execution of the Gorshkov v. Ukraine case. This case concerned the deficiencies in the procedure to challenge the lawfulness of the applicant’s continued detention for compulsory medical treatment between 1997 and 2001.
Following the European Court’s judgment the national legislation was amended (most recently in 2018). According to the new legislative framework, a court's decision concerning compulsory measures of medical nature may be appealed independently by the person concerned or through their representative. It also provides a regular (every six month) judicial review of the lawfulness of that type of detention with a mandatory participation of the person concerned.
