NECHAY v. RUSSIA - 40639/17 (Judgment : Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life : Third Section)

Art 8 • Respect for family life • Unjustified restriction of applicant�s contact rights with his daughter leading inevitably in time to a risk of severance of their relationship • Domestic courts� failure to fairly balance all interests involved and give adequate reasons

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 (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Paul Lemmens, President, ��������� Georgios A. Serghides, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, ��������� Georges Ravarani, ��������� Anja Seibert-Fohr, ��������� Peeter Roosma, ��������� Andreas Z�nd, judges, and Milan Bla�ko, Section Registrar,

the application (no. 40639/17 ) against the Russian Federation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by a Russian national, Mr Ilya Petrovich Nechay (�the applicant�), on 31 May 2017;