Decisions of the European Court: the case of Serhiy Volosiuk v. Ukraine

12 March 2009, the European Court published a decision on a case supported by the Centre for Legal Assistance to Victims of Torture — Serhiy Volosiuk v. Ukraine (application No. 1291/03).
In the case of Volosiuk v. Ukraine, a violation of Article 5 of the Convention due to excessively long detention was recognised. A violation of Article 5 was also recognised due to the lack of an opportunity to appeal against detention. In particular, the examination of the issue of further detention during the trial was touched upon for the first time. In addition, the practice of total monitoring of prisoners' correspondence and disciplinary punishment for sending a letter to the prosecutor's office via an illegal route was recognised as a violation of Article 8.