The project of the Council of Europe “Further support for the execution by Ukraine of judgments in respect of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights” is funded by the Human Rights Trust Fund and is being implemented in Ukraine by the Justice and Legal Co-operation Department of the Council of Europe.
Duration of the project – 20 months (1 November 2019 – 30 June 2021).
Budget of the project – 800 000 Euro.
Overall project objective:
To support Ukraine in providing accessible, full and effective justice through the execution of judgments in which violations of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights are established.
Specific project objectives:
Specific objective 1
To support Ukraine in meeting the measures defined with regard to the issue of non-execution of judgments of national courts in the European Court of Human Rights judgments of “Zhovner v. Ukraine”, "Yuriy Nikolayevich Ivanov v. Ukraine", "Burmych and others v. Ukraine".
Specific objective 2
To support the Ukrainian authorities in further introduction of effective remedies, aimed at compensation and acceleration of the judicial proceedings, as well as other practical measures to be taken by the Ukrainian authorities through the codes of judicial procedure (cases “Svetlana Naumenko v. Ukraine”, “Merit v. Ukraine”).
Specific objective 3
To support Ukraine in further implementation of the Council of Europe standards on the improvement of access to justice in line with the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (in the cases of “Nataliya Mikhaylenko v. Ukraine”, “Feldman and Slovyanskyy Bank v.
Ukraine”, “Tserkva Sela Sosulivka v. Ukraine”, “Viktor Nazarenko v. Ukraine”, “Frida, LLC v.
Ukraine”, “Sokurenko and Strygun v. Ukraine”, “Mykhailova v. Ukraine”) and strengthening judicial independence (Volkov group of cases).
Specific objective 4
To support the Supreme Court in building effective procedures on interaction with the European Court of Human Rights, with a focus on the implementation of the Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights and as to the reopening of judicial proceedings following a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (cases “Bochan v. Ukraine (no. 2)”, “Yaremenko v. Ukraine (no.2)” and “Shabelnik v. Ukraine (no.2)”).