FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 2132/07 Peter BIZJAK against Slovenia

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 16 October 2012 as a Committee composed of:

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

Having regard to the above application lodged on 20 December 2006,

Having regard to the Government ’ s settlement proposal made to the applicant,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Peter Bizjak , is a Slovenian national, who was born in 1973 and lives in Prestranek . He is represented before the Court by Odvetniška Družba Čeferin , a law firm practising in Grosuplje .

The Slovenian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent.

The applicant was a party to proceedings which were finally resolved within the first three months after 1 January 2007, when the 2006 Act on the Protection of the Right to a Trial without Undue Delay became operational. The proceedings subsequently continued before the Supreme and the Constitutional Court . The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the excessive length of proceedings and under Article 13 of the Convention about the lack of an effective domestic remedy in that regard.

A fter the Government had been given notice of the application, they informed the Court that they had made a settlement proposal to the applicant. The applicant subsequently informed the Court that he had reached a settlement with the State Attorney ’ s Office and that he wished to withdraw his application introduced before the Court.

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 (Article 37 § 1 in fine of the Convention).

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list in accordance with Articles 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention .

For these reasons, the Court unanimously

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.

Stephen Phillips Ann Power-Forde Deputy Registrar President