SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 15819/19 Bogoljub STOLESKI against North Macedonia

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 15 March 2022 as a Committee composed of:

Egidijus KÅ«ris, President, Pauliine Koskelo, Gilberto Felici, judges,

and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 16 March 2019,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Bogoljub Stoleski, is a Macedonian/citizen of the Republic of North Macedonia, who was born in 1950 and lives in Inche, Makedonski Brod.

The Government of North Macedonia (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mrs D. Djonova.

The applicant’s complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the alleged excessive length of the domestic proceedings was communicated to the Government.

On 17 January 2020 and 29 January 2020 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against North Macedonia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him 2,000 euros to cover any non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. It will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court. In the event of failure to pay this sum within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on it, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points. The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case.

THE LAW

The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application. In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.

Done in English and notified in writing on 7 April 2022.

Hasan Bakırcı Egidijus Kūris Deputy Registrar President