On 9 April 2025, the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine in Connection with the Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine of 14 February 2024 No. 1-r(I)/2024 on Guaranteeing the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms under the Judgement of the European Court of Human Rights” No. 4283-IX, dated March 11, 2025 (hereinafter, the “Law”) came into force.
The Law was adopted to bring the provisions of procedural legislation in line with the said decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, in particular, to set out in a new wording Article 321 of the Commercial Procedure Code of Ukraine, Article 424 of the Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine and Article 363 of the Code of Administrative Procedure of Ukraine.
The new provisions provide for the possibility of renewing the time limits for reviewing a court decision in exceptional circumstances in connection with a judgment of an international judicial institution whose jurisdiction is recognised by Ukraine that has become final, after ten years from the date of entry into force of such a court decision. At the same time, an application for review of a court decision in exceptional circumstances must be filed within 30 days from the date when such a person learned or could have learned that the decision had become final.
At the same time, persons in respect of whom a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights has been rendered, which became final before the entry into force of the Law, and after ten years from the date of entry into force of the judgment, which may be reviewed in exceptional circumstances, have the right to apply to the court within thirty days from the date of entry into force of the Law for review of the judgment in exceptional circumstances in accordance with the specified procedure.
The text of the Law is available on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/4283-20#Text.
