Published on 23 February 2026
 
FIFTH SECTION
Application no. 4475/20
Anatoliy Anatoliyovych SHARIY
against Ukraine
lodged on 14 January 2020
communicated on 5 February 2026
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The case mainly concerns the cancellation of the applicant’s registration as a candidate for the extraordinary parliamentary elections of 21 July 2019 on the grounds that he had not complied with the five-year residency requirement. While the applicant’s domicile continued to be registered in Ukraine as recorded in his passport (previously referred to as propiska), the Security Service of Ukraine informed the Central Election Commission that he had moved abroad. That information was also published in numerous Internet media. Referring, in particular, to the lack of clarity in the applicable legal provisions, the applicant alleges a violation of his passive electoral right under Article 3 of Protocol No. 1.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Has there been a breach of the applicant’s right under Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to stand as a candidate in free elections which ensure the free expression of the opinion of the people in the choice of the legislature?