Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia: ECHR hearing scheduled for November 24

A hearing of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the case Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia is scheduled for November 24, 2021.

“Hearing of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the case Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia (nos. 8019/16, 43800/14, and 28525/20) is scheduled for November 24, 2021,” Deputy Minister of Justice – Government Commissioner for the European Court of Human Rights Ivan Lishchyna informed, the Ministry’s press service posted on Facebook.

As noted, the hearing is to start at 09:15.

In November 2020, the Grand Chamber of the ECHR attached Ukraine v. Russia case No. 43800/14 (regarding children from state institutions who were illegally taken to Russia at the beginning of the war) and the Netherlands v. Russia case No. 28525/20 (the Dutch interstate legal action regarding MH17) to the interstate case Ukraine v. Russia (re Eastern Ukraine) No. 8019/16.

The new title of the case is Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russian Federation nos. 8019/16, 43800/14, and 28525/20.

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