Keywords
European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, implementation of the case-law of ECHR, armed conflict, compensation for damages, Russian aggression against Ukraine, judicial practice of Ukrainian courts, human rights
Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights and case-law of the European Court of Human Rights by Ukrainian Supreme Court in cases on compensation pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage by the State that was caused due to the Russian aggression. The special attention was paid to the approach of application of the Convention that was elaborated by the Supreme Court due to the lack of necessary compensation mechanism in Ukrainian legislation. The authors also drew attention to the references to the Conventio and ECHR legal positions within the explanation of limitation of judicial immunity
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