The ECtHR found that NABU Sytnik’s Exglav was tried with violations

The European Court of Human Rights concluded that the Ukrainian courts have violated the right to a fair trial of the excluder of the National Anti -Corruption Bureau, Artem Sytnik, when they considered a corruption case.

Source: About it “European Truth” reported in the court press service

Details: The case concerned the proceedings, which was violated against Sytnik for obtaining an undue benefit, namely an undeclared payment of his rest in the Rivne region.

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In December 2019, the NABU Director of the then found guilty And they obliged to pay a fine, and his name was indefinitely entered in the public register of corrupt officials.

ECtHR judges unanimously established a violation of Article 6 § 1 (right to fair trial), Article 8 (the right to respect for private and family life) and Article 18 (restriction on the use of restriction) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

The court’s decision indicated that the Ukrainian courts relied on « contradictory evidence of one person on leave and related expenses », while not taking into account the arguments of defense and the testimony of his witnesses.

« He also did not consider his concern about the impartiality of the judge of the court of first instance, who made the decision in the case, » the ECtHR press service added.

The judge in the case also decided that the proceedings against Sytnik had a personal character and his Inclusion in the Corruption Register « He continues to still throw a shadow on his reputation and undermine his professional authority. »

Recall last month the European Court of Human Rights partially satisfied The lawsuit of Ukrainian law activists Maxim Butkevich and Yevgeny Zakrevskaya on the events of 2012-2013, when the regime of Viktor Yanukovych hindered the protests under the Prosecutor General’s Office.