FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 20083/06 Ivan MERC against Slovenia and 2 other applications (see list appended)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 4 January 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 s ,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows :

PROCEDURE

All the applicants are Slovenian nationals living in Slovenia .

The applicant Mr Ivan Merc was represented before the Court by Mr T. Alič , a lawyer practising in Ptuj . The applicant Ms Marija Kumar was represented before the Court by Ms N. Bolcar , a lawyer practicing in Solkan . The applicant Mr Iztok Hodnik was represented before the Court by Mr Z. Lipej , a lawyer practicing in Medvode . The Slovenian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent .

The applicants were parties to proceedings which were finally resolved less than three months after the implementation of the 2006 Act on the Pr otection of the Right to a Trial w ithout Undue Delay (“the 2006 Act ” ) . They 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 s , they informed the Court that they had made a settlement proposal to the applicants. T he applicant s subsequently informed the Court that they had reached a settlement with the State Attorney ’ s Office and that they wished to withdraw their application s introduced before the Court.

THE LAW

Pursuant to Rule 42 § 1 of the Rules of Court, the Court decides to join the applications , given their common factual and legal background.

The Court takes note that following the settlement reached between the parties the matter has been resolved at the domestic level and that the applicant s wish to withdraw their application s . It is satisfied that respect for human rights as defined in the Convention or its Protocols does not require the examination of the application s to be continued (Article 37 § 1 in fine of the Convention).

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

For these reasons, the Court unanimously

Decides to join the applications;

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

             Stephen Phillips Ann Power-Forde              Deputy Registrar              President

A ppendix

No.

Application No.

Applicant ’ s Name

Date of Introduction

1.

20083/06

Ivan MERC

03/05/2006

2.

36404/06

Marija KUMAR

31/08/2006

3 .

50792/06

Iztok HODNIK

01/12/2006