FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 44674/07 Giorgi GHOGHELIANI against Georgia

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 21 February 2017 as a Committee composed of:

Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Marko Bošnjak, judges,

and Andrea Tamietti, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 24 August 2007,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

1. The applicant, Mr Giorgi Ghogheliani, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1974 and is detained in Kutaisi. He was represented before the Court by Mr Z. Rostiasvili, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.

2. The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 (d) of the Convention concerning the alleged unfairness of the criminal proceedings conducted against him were communicated to the Georgian Government, who were successively represented by their Agents, Mr L. Meskhoradze and M. B. Dzamashvili, of the Ministry of Justice.

3. The applicant failed to respond to the registry ’ s last letter of 15 December 2016 (received by his representative on 23 December 2016), reminding him that the period allowed for submission of his observations in reply had expired on 22 November 2016 and that no extension of time had been requested. His attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.

THE LAW

4. The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue his application, within the meaning of 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 its Protocols which require the continued examination of the case.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case 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 16 March 2017 .

Andrea Tamietti Krzysztof Wojtyczek              Deputy Registrar President