THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 26512/12 Ilir BEQJA against Albania

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 23 September 2021 as a Committee composed of:

Dmitry Dedov, President, Peeter Roosma, Andreas Zünd, judges, and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 5 April 2012,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Ilir Beqja, was born in Tirana.

The applicant was represented by Mr A. Hajdari a lawyer practising in Tirana.

The applicant’s complaint about a breach of Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention on account of his disqualification from holding a parliamentary seat was communicated to the Albanian Government (“the Government”).

By letters of 20 November and 15 December 2020 the Government’s written observations in Albanian and English were sent to the applicant’s representative, through the Court’s Electronic Communications Service (eComms), who was invited to submit by 4 January 2021 any written observations he wished to make in reply on behalf of the applicant, together with any claims for just satisfaction. No reply has been received, even though the applicant’s representative downloaded the letters on 7 December 2020 and 5 January 2021, respectively.

By a letter of 4 February 2021, the applicant’s representative’s attention was drawn to the fact that failure to submit a reply might result in the striking ‑ out of the application in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention. The applicant’s representative downloaded the letter on 8 February 2021, and then again on 11 February, 17 May, 8 June and 29 July 2021. However, no reply has followed. He has not sought to contact the Court to report on any technical or other issue.

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 14 October 2021.

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Viktoriya Maradudina Dmitry Dedov Acting Deputy Registrar Presiden t