Ukrainian citizens have filed about 700 lawsuits
with the European Court of Human Rights in connection with the military
aggression in the east of the country, Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo
Petrenko has said.
"Approximately three weeks ago we counted
some 700 such claims, and their number is increasing," the minister told
journalists in Kyiv on Thursday at a meeting with regional representatives of
judicial authorities.
According to Petrenko, Ukraine is awaiting the
first ECHR ruling on these lawsuits.
As reported, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
plans to focus on creating a precedent in the judgments of the ECHR on the
lawsuits of Ukraine citizens against Russia for the compensation for damages as
a result of the armed aggression, to allow the remaining claims of Ukrainians
considered similar.
"The practice of the ECHR is very simple:
when it issues the first ruling in the case (and I am convinced that this
ruling will be in favor of Ukrainians and those who have suffered from illegal
actions of Russian aggressors), all other cases will be considered a precedent.
And they will be reviewed very quickly, there will actually be issued similar
rulings in favor of the Ukrainian citizens," Petrenko said.
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