FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 30698/10 Oksana Mykolayivna VOLKOVA against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 28 May 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 20 May 2010 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Ms Oksana Mykolayivna Volkova , was born in 1974.

The applicant ’ s complaint under Article 8 of the Convention, concerning the rejection of her demand to install her husband in the flat co-owned by her parents and herself, and her complaint under Article 13 of the Convention, concerning the lack of effective remedies for the above complaint under Article 8, were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) , who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.

On 12 July 2019 the Registry sent a letter to the applicant requesting her to appoint a representative. No reply was received to this letter.

By letter dated 7 November 2019, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for the appointment of a representative had expired on 20 September 2019 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.

According to the information on the postal service ’ s website, the letter was received by the applicant ’ s husband on 21 November 2019. 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 18 June 2020 .

Liv Tigerstedt Lado Chanturia              Acting Deputy Registrar President