FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 31524/18 Ivan Gennadiyovych IVANOV against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 19 May 2022 as a Committee composed of:

Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President, Ivana Jelić, Kateřina Šimáčková, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 25 June 2018,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Ivan Gennadiyovych Ivanov, was born in 1974. His complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.

By letter dated 5 July 2021, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 17 March 2020 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. According to the postal tracking system the applicant received the letter on 27 July 2021. 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 Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström Acting Deputy Registrar President