FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 362/11 Ljube GLIGOROVSKI against the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

The European Court of Human Rights ( First Section ), sitting on 18 February 2014 as a Committee composed of:

Linos -Alexandre Sicilianos , President , Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska , Ksenija Turković , judges , and André Wampach , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 17 December 2010 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Ljube Gligorovski , is a Macedonian national, who was born in 1949 and lives in Skopje. He was represented before the Court by Mr I. Simonoski , a lawyer practising in Ohrid .

The Macedonian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr K. Bogdanov .

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 5 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention regarding his pre-trial detention were communicated to the Government, who submitted their observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry ’ s letter.

By a letter dated 17 October 2013 , sent by registered post, the applicant ’ s representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 29 August 2013 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant ’ s 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 applicant ’ s representative received this letter on 5 November 2013 . However, no reply has been received.

THE LAW

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.

André Wampach Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos Deputy Registrar President