FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 59851/14 Valeriy Volodymyrovych KARAS

against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 9 September 2021 as a Committee composed of:

Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President, Jovan Ilievski, Mattias Guyomar, judges, and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 27 August 2014,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Valeriy Volodymyrovych Karas, was born in 1980.

The applicant was represented by Mr V. N. Frantovskyy, a lawyer practising in Izyum.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 3 and Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 (d) of the Convention concerning his alleged ill-treatment and reliance on evidence by witnesses the applicant had been unable to examine were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.

By letter dated 21 February 2021, sent by registered post, the applicant’s representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of the applicant’s observations had expired on 10 November 2020 and that no extension of time had been requested. His 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 does not intend to pursue the application. However, the letter was returned to the Registry on 3 April 2021 as not having been collected from the post office.

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 30 September 2021.

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Viktoriya Maradudina Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström Acting Deputy Registrar President