CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 3 avril 2019

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .sA6BC7FA7 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:right } .s9793A85B { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s8229ABDD { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center } .s68C46B95 { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center } .s3F59B822 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; text-transform:uppercase } .s4ACA9207 { page-break-before:always; clear:both; mso-break-type:section-break } .s75A32C27 { border-collapse:collapse } .sEEDDF177 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#dfdfdf } .s2E932ED2 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt } .sEECE831 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; color:#474747 } .s5AE0EB7 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:middle } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s5FFF0A78 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:2pt }   Communicated on 3 April 2019   FIFTH SECTION Application no. 76033/14 TRADE UNION OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT against Ukraine and 3 other applications (see list appended) SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE In various disputes domestic courts delivered decisions favourable to the applicants. The opposing parties appealed and the judgments were quashed or amended on appeal in ways unfavourable to the applicants. The subject-matter of the proceedings and references to final decisions of the domestic courts are set out in the Appendix. The applicants complain mainly under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention that they were not duly informed of the proceedings on appeal and/or of the opposing parties’ submissions in them and were, therefore, not given an opportunity adequately to participate in them, in breach of the principle of equality of arms. QUESTION tO THE PARTIES Was the principle of equality of arms, as required by Article 6 § 1 of the Convention, respected during the proceedings in the applicants’ cases?   No. Application no. Lodged on Applicant Date of birth Place of residence or of registered office Nationality for individuals or country of registration for legal entities Represented by Subject matter of the domestic proceeding Final domestic decision 1 76033/14 25/11/2014 TRADE UNION OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT 31/03/2000 Slavutych Registered in Ukraine Andriy Mykhaylovych PANCHENKO Pension Fund’s claim for reimbursement of certain costs arising from payment of pensions to the applicant organisation’s employees High Administrative Court, 19/06/2014 2 14502/18 12/03/2018 Igor Mykolayovych TSUGEL 30/04/1965 Khmelnytskyy Ukrainian   Recalculation of early judicial retirement benefits Vinnytsya Administrative Court of Appeal, 16/11/2017 3 41881/18 23/08/2018 Artur Sergiyovych VOYTSEKHOVSKYY 20/04/1971 Cherepovets Russian   Invalidation of a will Supreme Court, 06/03/2018 4 43925/18 06/09/2018 Anatoliy Mykolayovych GORYACHYY 15/06/1967 Fastiv Ukrainian   Challenge against the applicant’s discharge from the armed forces Supreme Court, 13/06/2018