Case of European Court of Human Rights, June 15, 2004 (case BEREZOVSKIY v. UKRAINE)

Appeal Nbr: 70908/01

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Case of European Court of Human Rights, June 15, 2004 (case BEREZOVSKIY v. UKRAINE)

SECOND SECTION

DECISION

AS TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF

Application no. 70908/01

by Yuriy Alekseyevich BEREZOVSKIY

against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 15 June 2004 as a Chamber composed of

Mr J.-P. Costa, President,

Mr A.B. Baka,

Mr L. Loucaides,

Mr C. Bîrsan,

Mr K. Jungwiert,

Mr V. Butkevych,

Mrs A. Mularoni, judges,

and Mrs S. Dollé, Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 30 January 2001,

Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

THE FACTS

The applicant, Mr Yuriy Alekseyevich Berezovskiy, is a Ukrainian national, who was born on 19 October 1937 in the Donetsk Region and lives in Yevpatoria, the Crimea. He is a retired officer of the prosecution service of Ukraine. The respondent Government were represented by their Agents, Ms Valeria Lutkovska, succeded by Ms Zoryana Bortnovska.

A. The circumstances of the case

The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.

In 1964 the applicant commenced work in the prosecution service. On 22 March 1996 the applicant retired from the position of prosecutor-criminologist in the Department of Criminology of the Prosecution Service of the Crimea. However, he was re-appointed and continued working there until 1 January 1999. On...

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