THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 12546/20 Nikolay Vasilyevich OVCHINNIKOV

against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 17 June 2021 as a Committee composed of:

Darian Pavli, President, Dmitry Dedov , Peeter Roosma, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 3 March 2020 ,

Having regard to the formal declaration s accepting a friendly settlement of the case,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant ’ s details are set out in the appended table. He was represented by Ms V. Frolova , a lawyer practising in Moscow.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention, taken alone and in conjunction with Articles 13 and 14, concerning the death of his daughter in a situation of domestic violence, were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”) .

The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations , signed by the parties, under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Russia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, and the Government undertook to pay him the amount detailed in the appended table. This amount will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court ’ s decision. In the event of failure to pay this amount within the above ‑ mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on it, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.

The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case.

THE LAW

The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention .

Done in English and notified in writing on 8 July 2021 .

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Viktoriya Maradudina Darian Pavli Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Articles 2, 3, 13 and 14 of the Convention

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant ’ s name

Year of birth

Representative ’ s name and location

Date of receipt of Government ’ s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant ’ s declaration

Amount covering pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses

(in euros) [1]

12546/20

03/03/2020

Nikolay Vasilyevich OVCHINNIKOV

1958Valentina Nikolayevna FROLOVA

Moscow

26/04/2021

17/05/2021

30,000

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.