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

“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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