SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 78705/12 Bogdan LUKIĆ and Others against Croatia

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 26 January 2016 as a Committee composed of:

Jon Fridrik Kjølbro, President, Ksenija Turković, Georges Ravarani, judges,

and Abel Campos, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 29 October 2012,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicants are all Serbian nationals who live in Vukovar and were represented by Ms S. Ormu ž , a lawyer practicing in Zagreb. A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.

The Croatian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms Å . Sta ž nik.

The applicants complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the lack of access to a court.

The applicants ’ above-said complaint was communicated to the Government, who submitted their observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations. No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter.

By letter dated 29 April 2014, sent by registered post, the applicants ’ representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired on 6 January 2014 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicants ’ representative ’ s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike a case out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. The applicants ’ representative received this letter on 15 May 2014. However, no response has been received.

THE LAW

The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue their 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 18 February 2016 .

Abel Campos Jon Fridrik Kjølbro              Deputy Registrar President

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