THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 59760/11 Valentina Gavrilovna PROSKUROVA

against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 25 August 2022 as a Committee composed of:

Darian Pavli , President,

Andreas Zünd ,

Mikhail Lobov , judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 6 September 2011,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Ms Valentina Gavrilovna Proskurova, was born in 1986.

The applicant’s complaints under Articles 3, 6 and 13 of the Convention concerning ill-treatment by police officers with a view to extract confession from her, lack of adequate investigation into these events, as well as complaints about unfairness of criminal proceedings, and of the lack of any effective remedy were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit her own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.

By letters dated 8 November 2021 and 21 February 2022, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of her observations had expired on 29 October 2021 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. The first letter was received by an employee of the detention facility where the applicant had been kept. The second letter was received by the applicant on 16 March 2022. However, no response has followed.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.

Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

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

Done in English and notified in writing on 15 September 2022.

Viktoriya Maradudina Darian Pavli Acting Deputy Registrar President