ROMANENKO v. UKRAINE - 51010/13 (Article 10 - Freedom of expression - {general} : Fifth Section Committee)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:

Lado Chanturia , President , Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, Mykola Gnatovskyy , judges , and Martina Keller, Deputy Section Registrar,

the applications against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") on 31 July 2013 and 20 December 2015 by a Ukrainian national, Andriy Anatoliyovych Romanenko ("the applicant"), represented by Mr O. Burmagin, a lawyer practising in Kyiv;

the decision to give notice of the applications to the Ukrainian Government ("the Government"), represented, most recently, by their Agent, Ms M. Sokorenko;

The applications concern the refusal by the authorities, allegedly in breach of Article 10 of the Convention, of two requests by the applicant for access to information.