FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 26117/19 Vitaliy Vasilyevich SIDORENKO against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 21 January 2021 as a Committee composed of:

Ivana Jelić , President, Ganna Yudkivska , Arnfinn Bårdsen , judges, and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 8 May 2019 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Vitaliy Vasilyevich Sidorenko, was born in 1971.

The applicant was represented by Mr V.I. Dovzhenko , a lawyer practising in the city of Mariupol, Ukraine.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) , who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant ’ s lawyer, who was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter .

By letter dated 4 August 2020, sent by registered post, the applicant ’ s representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 17 June 2020 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant ’ s representative ’ 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. According to the postal tracking system, the applicant ’ s representative received the letter on 25 August 2020. However, no response has been received.

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 11 February 2021 .

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Liv Tigerstedt Ivana Jelić              Acting Deputy Registrar President