FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 26738/12 Aleksey Vladimirovich TARASOV 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 4 December 2011 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Aleksey Vladimirovich Tarasov, was born in 1975.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Articles 3 and 5 § 1 of the Convention concerning alleged police ill-treatment and unlawful arrest and detention were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) , who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.

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

By letters dated 5 September 2019 and 18 November 2019, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for the appointment of a representative had expired on 21 June 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.

The first letter sent at the address indicated by the applicant as his correspondence address returned as “unclaimed”. The second letter sent at the applicant ’ s home address was received on 10 December 2019 by a certain A. living at the indicated address. The Registry has never received any response to any of the letters or any further correspondence from the applicant.

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