The ECHR accepted the case of Petro Poroshenko for consideration: his lawyers sent two more complaints to the court
The ECHR accepted Petro Poroshenko’s case for consideration, while his defense lawyers also sent two more complaints to the court. This was reported by the press service of European Solidarity.
“The first is regarding the appeal of the sanctions that President Zelensky introduced against Poroshenko in February 2025. We have an official document from the Supreme Court that the court has already entered the stage preceding the decision. We hoped that a decision would be made on January 5 of this year. This did not happen. The process, which by law should have been completed in 2 months, has been going on for 15 months, and the next hearing is scheduled for June 30, but we have no guarantee that it will not be disrupted, “ — said lawyer Ilya Novikov.
Novikov explained that it was the delay in the proceedings that was the reason for filing a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights about the violation of reasonable time limits. According to him, the ECHR has already opened one case related to this situation. The lawyer expects that the new complaint will be added to the materials and proceedings will be promptly opened for it.
“And the second case is the so-called travel ban, about the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers, by which the executive branch prohibits the legislative branch, people’s deputies from traveling abroad without a business trip order. After Poroshenko’s lawyers won this case in November and the decision of the 6th Court of Appeal has already entered into force, upon the cassation appeal of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Cassation Administrative Court suspended the effect of this decision, opened proceedings, and the case has been paralyzed for six months,” Novikov noted.
Ihor Golovan, who also represents Poroshenko, said that martial law has given the authorities more opportunities to put pressure on the courts.
“The whole world sees that the Ukrainian authorities have chosen the tactic of blocking the protection of citizens’ rights in the courts by delaying court decisions. There is a practice when the ECHR recognizes that there are no effective means of protecting judicial rights in the country. And the fact of delaying court proceedings beyond any reasonable time is one of such cases when the ECHR intervened and issued appropriate decisions,” he emphasized.
People’s Deputy from European Solidarity Rostyslav Pavlenko believes that the actions of the executive branch regarding court proceedings harm Ukraine’s progress towards the EU.
“The executive branch, due to its political interests, due to the desire to deceive the system with such dishonest moves, by delaying the case, is actually beating on Ukraine. Practically all documents of the European Parliament, the European Commission, and the European Council, that is, all governing bodies of the EU, directly contain a reference to obstruction of justice, mention the illegality of sanctions against Petro Poroshenko, and mention the so-called travel ban, that is, restrictions on business trips of people’s deputies,” Pavlenko said.
Pavlenko said that such a practice has already caused Ukraine significant losses, in particular in relations with the US and in the issue of accelerated European integration.
