FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 50614/18 Ivan MATIĆ against Croatia

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

Erik Wennerström, President, Lorraine Schembri Orland, Ioannis Ktistakis, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 23 October 2018,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Ivan Matić, is a Croatian national who was born in 1984 and lives in Rajić.

The applicant was represented before the Court by Ms Sandra Mandić Jurić, a lawyer practising in Kutina.

The applicant’s complaint under Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 (c) of the Convention concerning his absence from the session of the appeal panel was communicated to the Croatian 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 18 May 2021, sent to the applicant’s representative through the Court’s Electronic Communications Service (eComms), the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 16 October 2020 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’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 does not intend to pursue the application. The applicant’s representative downloaded the letter on 18 May 2021. However, no response has followed.

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 Erik Wennerström Acting Deputy Registrar President