FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 10784/20 Andrey Danilovich DANILOV

against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 7 October 2021 as a Committee composed of:

Lətif Hüseynov, President, Lado Chanturia, Arnfinn Bårdsen, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 20 February 2020,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Andrey Danilovich Danilov, was born in 1976.

The applicant was represented by Ms O. Preobrazhenskaya, a lawyer practising in Strasbourg.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the life sentence with no prospect of release were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”).

On 12 January 2021 the Government informed the Court that the applicant had died.

On 3 March 2021 the Registry sent a letter to the applicant’s representative requesting information by 15 April 2021 about the applicant’s heirs, if any, who might have wished to pursue the application. The representative’s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant party does not intend to pursue the application.

On 15 April 2021 the applicant’s representative requested the Court to extend the time allowed to submit the information in question.

By letter dated 20 April 2021, the applicant’s representative was notified that the time-limit to submit the information had been extended until 30 April 2021. No reply has followed since.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.

Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.

Done in English and notified in writing on 28 October 2021.

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Viktoriya Maradudina Lətif Hüseynov Acting Deputy Registrar President