The ECHR has taken further decisions regarding the next procedural steps in the inter-State case Ukraine v. Russia (Crimea) concerning Ukraine’s allegations of a pattern (“administrative practice”) of violations of the European Convention by the Russian Federation in Crimea beginning in February 2014.

After completion of the written procedure, the Court has informed the parties that it would serve the interests of the proper administration of justice that the Court hold a hearing on the admissibility and merits in the case, and has provisionally scheduled this to be held on 8 November 2023.

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