CASE OF MERKULOV AGAINST UKRAINE AND 1 OTHER CASE

Rezoluția CM/ResDH(2026)12 Execuția hotărârilor Curții Europene a Drepturilor Omului Două cazuri împotriva Ucrainei (Adoptat de Comitetul de Miniștri la 4 februarie 2026 la ședința 1549 a Deputaților Miniștrilor) Cerere nr. Prezenta decizie a fost depusă de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de la D/04/2025, în conformitate cu art. 46 alineatul (2) din Convenția pentru protecția drepturilor umane și a libertăților fundamentale, care prevede că Comitetul supraveghează executarea hotărârilor finale ale Curții Europene de drepturi umane (denumită în continuare „Convenția” și „Tribunalul”), având în vedere măsurile individuale de procedură transmise de către Curtea de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de procedură de pronunța de procedură de pronunța de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de la D/nunțare de la D/nunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de pronunțare de la D/nunța de la D/nunțare de pronunța de pronunța de la D/nunța de la D/nunțare de la D/nunțare de la D/20 de la D/nunțare de pronunțare de pe de la articolul de la articolul nr nr.

Resolution CM/ResDH(2026)12

Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

Two cases against Ukraine

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 4 February 2026

at the 1549

th

meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

Application No.

Case

Judgment of

Final on

38055/22

MERKULOV

20/06/2024

20/06/2024

11119/24

SPEKTOR

03/04/2025

03/04/2025

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”),

Having regard to the final judgments transmitted by the Court to the Committee in these cases and to the violations established on account of the denial of access to higher courts due to refusal to grant extension of the time limits for lodging appeals;

Recalling the respondent State’s obligation, under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide by all final judgments in cases to which it has been a party and that this obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required:

-

of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible

restitutio in integrum

; and

-

of general measures preventing similar violations;

Having invited the government of the respondent State to inform the Committee of the measures taken to comply with the above-mentioned obligation;

Having examined the action reports provided by the government indicating the individual measures adopted to execute the judgments including the information provided regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see documents

DH-DD(2024)659

and

DH-DD(2025)1391

);

Considering that the question of individual measures was resolved;

Recalling that the question of general measures required in response to the shortcomings found by the Court in this these judgments continues to be examined within the framework of the

Grygorov

group of cases also in the light of the Court’s findings in these cases, and that the closure of these cases therefore in no way prejudges the Committee’s evaluation of the general measures in relation to the denial of access to higher courts due to refusal to grant extension of the time limits for lodging appeals;

DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in these cases;

CONCLUDES that the necessary individual measures have been adopted;

DECIDES to continue to supervise the adoption of the necessary general measures concerning the denial of access to higher courts due to refusal to grant extension of the time limits for lodging appeals in the

Gryggorov

group of cases;

DECIDES to close the examination of these cases.