CASE OF KOVALENKO v. UKRAINE
What was at stake
Whether the applicant was subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment and whether the authorities conducted an effective investigation, contrary to the prohibition of torture.
What the court decided
The Court held that Ukraine violated the prohibition of torture, finding both the substantive ill‑treatment of the applicant and the lack of an effective investigation, and ordered the respondent State to pay non‑pecuniary damages; the preliminary objection concerning admissibility was dismissed.
Statutes and cases cited
- § European Convention on Human Rights art. 35
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