FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 7684/14 Yuriy Bogdanovych DEREVYANKO against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 8 April 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 23 January 2014 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Yuriy Bogdanovych Derevyanko , was born in 1973 and lives in Kyiv.

The applicant took part in the series of mass protests in Ukraine between 21 November 2013 and 21 February 2014; protests commonly referred to as “Euromaidan” and/or “Maidan”.

The applicant ’ s related complaints under Articles 2, 3 and 11 of the Convention alone and taken in conjunction with Article 13 of the Convention concerning the alleged police ill-treatment and unjustified dispersal of protesters and the alleged lack of effective remedies in that regard 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 observations in reply. No observations were received in response .

By letter dated 28 July 2015, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 14 May 2014 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 received that letter on 7 August 2015. No response has followed since.

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, it 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 29 April 2021 .

             Viktoriya Maradudina Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström              Acting Deputy Registrar President