CASE

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Case Name

VLADIMIR USHAKOV v. RUSSIA (Application no. 15122/17)

INCADAT reference

HC/E/RU 1419

Court

Country

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Name

European Court of Human Rights

Level

European Court of Human Rights (ECrtHR)

Judge(s)

President: Vincent A. De Gaetano

Judges: Georgios A. Serghides, Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, Helen Keller, Dmitry Dedov, Branko Lubarda, Alena Poláčková

States involved

Requesting State

FINLAND

Requested State

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Decision

Date

18 June 2019

Status

Final

Grounds

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Order

ECrtHR - Violation of Article 8 ECHR, award of damages

HC article(s) Considered

3 13(1)(b)

HC article(s) Relied Upon

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Other provisions

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Authorities | Cases referred to

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SYNOPSIS

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1 child wrongfully removed at age 2 – National of Russia – Divorced parents – Mother national of Russia – Finnish court ordered joint custody and child should live with the applicant– Child lived in Finland February 2015  – Application for return filed with the Dzerzhinskiy District Court of St Petersburg, Russia, on 6 August 2015  – Return refused on appeal to St Petersburg City Court on 3 February 2016 before application to ECtHR– Violation of Art. 8 ECHR – 23 050 EUR awarded in damages – the interpretation and application of the provisions of the Hague Convention by the St Petersburg City Court failed to secure the guarantees of Article 8 and Russia failed to comply with its positive obligations under Article 8 of the Convention to secure to the applicant the right to respect for his family life.

Un menor de dos años sustraído ilícitamente – Nacionalidad rusa – Progenitores divorciados – Madre con nacionalidad rusa – Tribunal de Finlandia concede la custodia conjunta y el menor debe vivir con el demandante – El menor vivió en Finlandia hasta febrero de 2015 – Solicitud de restitución presentada ante el tribunal de distrito Dzerzhinskiy de Petersburg, Rusia el 6 de agosto de 2015 – Restitución denegada en apelación ante el tribunal de la ciudad de San Petersburgo el 3 de febrero de 2016 antes de la solicitud al TEDH – Incumplimiento del artículo 8 TEDH – 23 050 EUR otorgados por daños y perjuicios – la interpretación y la aplicación de las provisiones que aplicó el Convenio de La Haya no aseguraron las garantías del artículo 8 del Convenio, el cual asegura el derecho al respeto de la vida familiar del demandante. 

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