The ECHR accepted Poroshenko’s case for consideration, the legal team filed two more complaints – lawyers
The European Court of Human Rights has accepted Petro Poroshenko’s case for consideration, and his lawyers have filed two more complaints.
Ilya Novikov announced this during a briefing.
“The first is regarding the appeal of the sanctions that President Zelenskyy imposed against Poroshenko in February 2025. We have an official document from the Supreme Court stating that the court has already entered the pre-decision stage. We had hoped that a decision would be made on January 5 of this year. That didn’t happen. The process, which by law should be completed within two months, has already lasted 15 months, and the next hearing is scheduled for June 30, but we have no guarantee that it, too, will not be disrupted,” Novikov stated.
“Therefore, we filed a complaint with the ECHR regarding the violation of reasonable time limits. The ECHR has already opened a case in this context, and we hope that our new complaint will be included and also considered, and that the case will be opened very quickly,” the lawyer said.
“The second case is the so-called travel ban, concerning a Cabinet of Ministers resolution by which the executive branch prohibits members of the legislative branch and members of parliament from traveling abroad without a travel order. After Poroshenko’s lawyers won this case in November and the 6th Court of Appeals’ decision entered into force, the Cassation Administrative Court, following the Cabinet of Ministers’ appeal, suspended this decision, opened proceedings, and the case has been stalled for six months,” Novikov notes.
“The violations are systemic; events could not have taken place this way without a certain amount of pressure on the court and interference in the judicial system. Therefore, we hope that the ECHR will protect Ukrainian justice and the Ukrainian judicial system from pressure and interference from the executive branch,” Novikov says.
Lawyer Igor Golovan noted that under martial law, the authorities have gained additional leverage to pressure the judicial system: “The entire 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 are cases where the ECHR has recognized that there are no effective means of protecting judicial rights in the country. And the fact that court proceedings are delayed beyond any reasonable timeframe is one such instance where the ECHR has intervened and rendered appropriate decisions.”
Rostyslav Pavlenko, a member of parliament from the European Solidarity faction, stated that the executive branch’s interference in the justice system is hindering European integration. “The executive branch, driven by its political interests and its desire to deceive the system through such dishonest moves, is effectively harming Ukraine by delaying the case. Nearly all documents of the European Parliament, the European Commission, and the European Council—in other words, all EU governing bodies—contain direct references to obstruction of justice, mentioning the illegality of sanctions against Petro Poroshenko and the so-called travel ban, which restricts the travel of members of parliament,” he said.
“Many members of our team have established connections and mutual trust, something that, unfortunately, the current government often lacks with its foreign partners. It’s possible to achieve results that benefit the country in terms of aid, increasing pressure on Russia, and expanding rather than narrowing sanctions,” says Pavlenko.
“Even last year, the authorities were building a system where we had a single diplomat named Yermak. The entire system of international relations was focused on empty peace summits, signing papers that were loudly billed as security agreements that weren’t, and wasting the country’s entire resources. But even after Yermak’s departure, we see attempts to continue the narrative that we have some exclusive diplomats, while everyone else is barred from participating in Ukraine’s affairs,” the MP stated.
Pavlenko notes that this approach has caused significant damage to Ukraine, particularly to cooperation with the United States, as well as to the acceleration of European integration, because this accelerated mechanism has been destroyed.
“Back in December of last year, the Kachka-Kos list of 10 priority reforms was agreed upon, including judicial independence, the restructuring of the State Bureau of Investigation, and other issues crucial for restoring trust with European countries. There has been no movement yet; we haven’t seen any relevant bills from the executive branch. And now the executive branch is preventing members of parliament from strengthening trust and cooperation in their contacts with colleagues. Therefore, we are convinced that an appeal to the ECHR, whose decision is legally binding in Ukraine and must be implemented, will end this delay and finally allow us to take real steps toward Europe,” Pavlenko concludes.
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