LEVCHUK v. UKRAINE - 17496/19 (Judgment : Fifth Section)

Art 8 • Respect for private life • Domestic violence • Positive obligation of protection • Dismissal of woman�s claim for eviction of ex-husband • Domestic court�s failure to conduct comprehensive analysis of situation and assess risk of future psychological and physical violence towards applicant and children • Exposure to risk of further violence pending proceedings (over two years at three levels of jurisdiction) • Fair balance not struck

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

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

��������� S�ofra O�Leary, President, ��������� Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, ��������� Ganna Yudkivska, ��������� Mārtiņ� Mits, ��������� Lәtif H�seynov, ��������� Anja Seibert-Fohr, ��������� Mattias Guyomar, judges, and Victor Soloveytchik, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 17496/19 ) against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by an Ukrainian national, Ms Iryna Mykolayivna Levchuk (�the applicant�), on 20 March 2019;