FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 14826/08 Gennadiy Aleksandrovich ALEKSEYEV against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights ( Fifth Section ), sitting on 7 January 2014 as a Committee composed of:

Boštjan M. Zupančič, President, Ann Power-Forde, Helena Jäderblom, judges, and Stephen Phillips , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 20 February 2008 ,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Gennadiy Aleksandrovich Alekseyev , is a Ukrainian national, who was born in 1939 and lives in Kharkiv .

The Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr N. Kulchytskyy , of the Ministry of Justice.

The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention that the domestic proceedings in his case was unreasonably lengthy.

He also raised other complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 and Article 5 of Protocol No. 7.

On 3 April and 15 October 2013 respectively the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Ukraine in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him 1,800 (thousand eight hundred) euros to cover any non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, to be converted into the local currency at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and to be free of any taxes that may be applica ble . It should be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court. In the event of failure to pay this sum within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on it, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points. The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case.

THE LAW

The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application. 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 in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.

Stephen Phillips Boštjan M. Zupančič Deputy Registrar President