FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 4832/20 Elvin Iltikham oglu ISAYEV against Azerbaijan and Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 9 July 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Lado Chanturia , President, Ganna Yudkivska , Anja Seibert- Fohr , judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 22 January 2020 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Elvin Iltikham oglu Isayev , was born in 1980.

The applicant was represented by Ms E.N. Kononets , a lawyer practicing in Kiev.

The applicant complained, in particular, under Articles 3 and 5 of the Convention about his removal from Ukraine to Azerbaijan and his alleged ill-treatment in Azerbaijan.

On 3 February 2020 the applicant ’ s request for an interim measure in respect of Azerbaijan under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court was refused and the application was communicated to the Azerbaijani Government .

On 3 March 2020 the applicant ’ s representative was requested to submit a complete application form no later than 31 March 2020. No reply was received.

On 8 April 2020 the Registry received a letter from the applicant stating that he wanted to withdraw the application to the Court. In particular, the applicant submitted that he had never instructed Ms Kononets to submit an application on his behalf and asked the Court not to examine it.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, t he Court concludes that the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the application (Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention). Furthermore, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in fine , the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto which require the continued 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 July 2020 .

Liv Tigerstedt Lado Chanturia Acting Deputy Registrar President