- Teismas
- Europos Žmogaus Teisių Teismas
- Dokumentas
- HDECLIT
- Data
- 2026-05-05
- Bylos Nr.
- 35321/21
- Bylos rūšis
- EŽTT sprendimas dėl priimtinumo
- Instancija
- Tarptautinis teismas
- Rezultatas
- ŽUKAUSKAS v. LITHUANIA — Inadmissible
- Pareiškėjas
- ŽUKAUSKAS
- Atsakovas
- LITHUANIA
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 5 May 2026 as a Committee composed of:
the application (no. 35321/21) against the Republic of Lithuania lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 2 July 2021 by a Lithuanian national, Mr Žygimantas Žukauskas (“the applicant”), who was born in 1980, lives in Kaunas and was represented by Ms A. Ručienė, a lawyer practising in Kaunas;
the decision to give notice of the application to the Lithuanian Government (“the Government”), represented by their Agent, Mr R. Dzikovič;
the parties’ observations;
1. The application concerns legal assistance in proceedings regarding the applicant’s detention on remand.
2. At 12.50 p.m. on 22 May 2021, which was a Saturday, the applicant was arrested on suspicion of drug-related offences and placed in provisional detention. According to Article 123 § 4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, detention without a court order was authorised for no more than forty-eight hours.
3. At around 12.10 p.m. on 23 May 2021 he was officially notified of the suspicions against him. He signed a letter giving lawyer A.R. the authority to represent him and was questioned by the police in her presence.