According to the Press Release issued by the European Court of Human Rights dated in May, 9 173 (2018) four inter-State applications by Ukraine against Russia regarding the Human Rights violations during the occupation and the attempt of annexation of Crimea, Russian aggression in the East and occupation of particular areas of Donetsk and Lugansk Regions was submitted to Grand Chamber of the European Court according to the article 30 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
It means the recognition by the European Court the serious character of questions affecting the interpretation of the Convention or the Protocols thereto referred by Ukraine in the abovementioned inter –State applications. The events in Crimea of February – September 2014 outlined in the application № 20958/14 Ukraine v. Russia, submitted in March, 13 2014 with a following addition. Subsequent events in Crimea outlined in the application № 42410/15 Ukraine v. Russia (IV), submitted in August, 27 2015 with a following addition. European Court in February, 9 and November, 25 2016, according to the both statements, due to geographical considerations, identified a separate proceedings on the events in the East of Ukraine before September, 2014 and Minsk Agreements, and the statement № 70856/16 Ukraine v. Russia (VI) to cover the events in the East beginning from September 2014.
In the press release of the European Court 173 (2018) it was briefly described the numerous alleged violations of the Convention and the Protocols thereto by the occupying authorities in Crimea. Particularly the articles 2 (right to life), 3 (prohibition of tortures), 5 (right to liberty and security), 6 (right to fair court), 8 (right to privacy), 9 (right to thought, conscious and religion), 10 (right to freedom of expression), 11 (freedom of assembly and associations), 13 (right to an effective remedy), 14 (prohibition of discrimination) and 18 (scope of rights restrictions) of the Convention, articles 1 (protection of property), 2 (right to education) and 3 (right to vote) the Protocol thereto, the article (freedom of movement) IV Protocol thereto.
The inter-State application № 43800/14 Ukraine v. Russia (II) dated June, 13 2014 on kidnapping the group of children from Donbas by Russia was left with no submitting to the Grant Chamber. In the submitted statement on 2014 № 49537/14 Ukraine v. Russia (III) on illegal activity against Haiser Dzhemylev in 2015 it was reclassified from the inter-State into an individual one.
In the press release of European Court 173 (2018) it is recalled that the Regulations of the Court of March 2014 according to the article 39 are in force on provisional measures obligatory for Russia in the case № 20958/14. The responsibilities are for refraining from any actions; particularly military ones which can cause the violation the Human Rights in Crimea guaranteed by the Convention, in particular the right to life and the prohibition of tortures. The particular attention is paid in the press release on the violation of Crimean Tatars rights, the illegal appropriation of property and unlawful dissemination of RF citizenship in Crimea.
The press release text of the European Court of Human Rights dated May, 9 2018 173 (2018) is available by the official languages of the European Council on a link http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng-press?i=003-6081540-7832894