Justice Ministry: Ukraine to send this fall lawsuit against Russia over events in Donbas to ECHR

17:08, 23.06.2016 1 min read

First Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine Natalia Sevostyanova has said that Kyiv in autumn will send to the European Court of Human Rights the sixth lawsuit against Russia related to the events in Donbas in 2015-2016.

"Another one, the sixth lawsuit against Russia in connection with the events in Donbas... Now we are preparing a complaint, which will deal with late 2015-2016. Maybe we will lodge it in the fall," said Sevostyanova at a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday.

She explained that the Justice Ministry divides the materials for the lawsuits into equal portions and distributes them equally throughout the year. "The European Court itself told us not to merge all the lawsuits into one, because then it will be very difficult to work with them," Sevostyanova said.

In late May, Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko said that he does not rule out filing the next, the sixth, lawsuit against Russia, which will deal with the violations on the territory of Donbas, to the ECHR.