FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 8662/06 Anatoliy Fedorovych TARAN against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 4 December 2012 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 2 February 2006,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Anatoliy Fedorovych Taran, is a Ukrainian national, who was born in 1951 and lives in Talalayivka, Chernigiv Region. He was represented before the Court by Mr Dmytr o Menko, a lawyer practising in Romny.

The Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agents, Ms Valeria Lutkovska and Mr Nazar Kulchytskyy, of the Ministry of Justice.

The applicant complained under Article 3 and 13 of the Convention about police ill-treatment and lack of effective investigation in respect of his complaints.

On 1 March 2012 the Court received a friendly settlement declaration signed by the Government and on 13 April 2012 the applicant ’ s representative ’ s letter accepting such declaration, 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 10,000 (ten thousand) euros to cover any pecuniary and non ‑ pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which will be converted into the national currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. It will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article 37 § 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. 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