14/01/2021 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights declared “partially admissible” the application brought by Ukraine against Russia (“Ukraine v. Russia (Crimea)” which includes two applications filed in 2014 and 2015). This decision does not predict the judgment on the merits, which will take place at a later date and will deal with Ukraine’s allegations that “the Russian Federation must be held responsible for an administrative practice constituting numerous violations of the European Convention on Human Rights in Crimea”. In its declaration, the Court stated that it “is not called upon to determine in the present case whether the integration of the Crimea, under Russian law, into the Russian Federation was lawful from the standpoint international law”. (VL)