The subject of protection of property rights could be raised at the international level only at the European Court of Human Rights. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights does not contain any provisions which would repeat the provisions of Article 1 of the First Protocol to the European Convention. At the same time, such […]

By the Resolution of the National Bank of Ukraine № 699 of 3 November 2014 everyone who had registered the place of residence (in common parlance – registration) in Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as enterprises registered in this territory, were equated to non-residents. This greatly limited the access of Crimean residents to banking services. […]

Often, to legitimize the seizure of property acquired before the occupation authorities resort to a judicial procedure. However, such claims are often imposed after a sufficiently long period of time. Representation of interests in such cases is performed by the prosecutor’s office. Such situations are most common in cases of privatization of land or other […]

This situation on its own cannot be qualified as a violation of property rights. However, here we observe the signs of discrimination when in order to protect one’s rights the heir has to resort to more complex (judicial) procedure, whereas all who did not submit an application for acceptance of inheritance before the beginning of […]

The prospects for cases in this category depend on the factual circumstances. According to reports in mass media there were demolished both houses where the owners actually lived and buildings made in order to “stake out” a landplot  (the so-called “makeshift huts” ).  It  is  also  important  for  how  long  this construction existed and  the […]

All legal entities registered on the territory of Crimea and Sevastopol are subject to mandatory registration in accordance with Russian law. In some cases, under the pretext of a formal inconsistency of the submitted documents the authorities of the Russian Federation denied to re-register certain legal entities. Subsequently, the property of these legal entities was […]

Many people and legal entities faced difficulties while evacuating their property from the occupied territory to the mainland Ukraine or vice versa while moving the property to the peninsula. The Russian authorities extended the state border regime to the Crimean isthmus starting from 1 April 2014. The Ukrainian authorities deny the fact that the state […]

Individuals  who  have made bail as a security  in  criminal  proceedings  are  now  deprived  of  the opportunity to get their money back. Russian  authorities  refer  to  the  fact  that  these  funds  were deposited in the special account access to which was closed by the Ukrainian authorities soon  after Crimea was declared the Russian territory. The […]

As a result of the occupation of the Crimean Peninsula  by  the  Russian  Federation  starting  from 1 April, 2014 in Crimea and Sevastopol the  Ukrainian legal environment was replaced by the Law  of Russia  (see  “The  Federal  Constitutional  Law  of  21.03.2014  No. 6  -FKZ  “On  acceptance  of  the Republic of Crimea into the Russian Federation […]

On   6   July   2015   the   authorities   destroyed  the  market  in  the  Kozlov  Street  in  Simferopol. Implementation of this action took place with the support of the  police who  cordoned  off  the  area the night before so as none of the owners could even have the possibility to take out […]

The most blatant violation of the right to property is the demolition by the occupation authorities of the 16- storied building at Cape Crystal in Sevastopol. The demolition took place following the judicial decision(*). The decision was executed by means of blowing up the building on 27 December 2014 at the third attempt (**). This […]

In the first issue of the Review “Crimea beyond rules”, dedicated to the liberty of movement, there were considered several examples when different people for various reasons were denied the admission to the territory of Crimea by the authorities of the Russian Federation. In particular this is the case of O. Khomenok, M. Dzhemilev and […]