FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 6920/14 Hovhannes TIRATURYAN against Armenia

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 7 April 2022 as a Committee composed of:

Jolien Schukking, President, Armen Harutyunyan, Ana Maria Guerra Martins, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 13 December 2013,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Hovhannes Tiraturyan, was born in 1968. He was represented by Mr T. Safaryan, a lawyer practising in Yerevan.

The application concerning the alleged lack of adequate medical care while in detention was communicated under Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention to the Armenian 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 17 December 2020, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 2 August 2017 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 applicant’s representative received this letter on 17 June 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 5 May 2022.

Viktoriya Maradudina Jolien Schukking Acting Deputy Registrar President