FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 19046/12 Stepan HOVAKIMYAN against Armenia

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 26 August 2021 as a Committee composed of:

Jolien Schukking, President, Armen Harutyunyan, Ana Maria Guerra Martins, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 29 March 2012,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Stepan Hovakimyan, was born in 1982.

The applicant was represented by Mr Safaryan , a lawyer practising in Yerevan.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 5 § 1 of the Convention concerning the lawfulness of his detention during trial, as well as under Article 5 §§ 3, 4 and 5 of the Convention concerning the alleged failure of the domestic courts to provide relevant and sufficient reasons for his detention, lack of speediness of review of his detention and lack of an enforceable right to compensation, were communicated to the Armenian 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 11 January 2021, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 20 February 2019 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, no response has followed.

The applicant or his lawyer did not contact the Court since June 2013.

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 16 September 2021.

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Viktoriya Maradudina Jolien Schukking Acting Deputy Registrar President