FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 71676/14 Z.N. against the Netherlands

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 28 May 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President, Georges Ravarani, Jolien Schukking, judges, and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 4 November 2014,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Z.N., was born in 1993. He is a rejected asylum seeker. The President of the Section decided under Rule 47 § 4 of the Rules of Court to grant the applicant anonymity.

The applicant was represented by Ms M. Babaian, a lawyer practising in Den Bosch.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the risk of being subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment in case of his removal to his country of origin, as well as under Article 13 concerning the lack of an effective remedy were communicated to the Dutch Government (“the Government”).

The Chamber to which the case had been allocated decided on 28 January 2020 that further information was required from the applicant concerning his current whereabouts and situation. On 30 January 2020 the Registry sent a letter to the applicant requesting him to submit this information and documents by 27 February 2020. No reply was received to this letter.

By letter dated 4 March 2020, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his reply had expired on 27 February 2020 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. To date, no response to this letter 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 Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström Acting Deputy Registrar President