THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 75723/17 Georgios KONNARIS

against Cyprus

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 5 May 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 16 October 2017,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Georgios Konnaris, was born in 1949. He was represented by Mr E. Konnaris , a lawyer practising in Limassol.

The applicant complained under Article 6 § 2 of the Convention that his right to be presumed innocent following his acquittal in criminal case was breached because of comments made by a judge in separate subsequent criminal proceedings concerning third persons.

The applicant’s complaints were communicated to the Cypriot 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 12 January 2022, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 7 December 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 delivery of this letter failed as it was not possible to reach the recipient at the address communicated by him to the Court. He has not informed the Court of a change of address. No correspondence has been received from him thereafter.

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 25 May 2022.

Viktoriya Maradudina Darian Pavli Acting Deputy Registrar President