KARAMOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA
Doc ref: 3243/08;16222/09;34359/12;34579/12;71657/12 • ECHR ID: 001-144552
Document date: May 6, 2014
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FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no . 3243/08 Radik Davlyatovich KARAMOV against Russia and 4 other applications (see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights ( First Section ), sitting on 6 May 2014 as a Committee composed of:
Khanlar Hajiyev , President, Julia Laffranque , Erik Møse , judges, and André Wampach , De uty Section Registrar ,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the dates indicated in the appendix ,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The Russian Government (“the Gove rnment”) were represented by Mr G. Maty u shkin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights .
The applicant s complained , among other matters, under Article 3 of the Convention about the conditions of their detention in Russian penitentiary facilities.
These complaint s w ere communicated to the Government, who on 24 May 2013 submitted their observations. T h ese submissions were forwarded to the applicant s , who were invited to submit their observations in reply.
On various dates the above letters returned to the Court as unclaimed or undeliverable due to a change of the recipients ’ addresses.
Although the applicant s knew that they had the obligation to inform the Court of any change in their address es and about any major developments regarding their case s , they did not provide the Court with s uch information .
THE LAW
According to Article 37 § 1 of the Convention , t he 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 Court considers that the applicants ’ failure to inform the Registry about the change of their addresses despite such explicit obligation highlighted in the Registry ’ s letters must be taken to indicate that they have lost interest in the proceedings , 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 se case s .
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case s out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court unanimously
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the m out of its list of cases.
André Wampach Khanlar Hajiyev Deputy Registrar President
Appe ndix
No
Application No
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
3243/08
01/11/2007
Radik Davlyatovich KARAMOV
06/10/1971
Perm
16222/09
04/05/2009
Sergey Vladimirovich GERMANOV
17/01/1965
Uryupinsk
34359/12
10/01/2012
Oleg Aleksandrovich KITAYEV
11/08/1969
Voronezh
34579/12
23/10/2011
Yuriy Alekseyevich KUZIN
12/04/1968
Klekotki
71657/12
09/12/2009
Eduard Valeryevich ZHERNAKOV
24/09/1969
Tver
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