FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 53601/16 Árpád KEREKES against Romania

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 10 March 2022 as a Committee composed of:

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

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 17 October 2016,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Árpád Kerekes, was born in 1957. His complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”).

On 5 August 2021 the Registry sent a letter, by registered post, to the applicant’s home address, asking to submit his comments to the Government’s observations. That letter returned to the Court marked “deceased on the 16 August 2021”.

On 26 November 2021 the Registry sent a letter, by registered post, to the applicant’s home address, asking whether there was any potential heir wishing to pursue the proceedings before the Court. That letter returned to the Court on 7 December 2021 for the same reason as the previous one. No heirs of the applicant contacted the Court.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicant has no heirs wishing to pursue the application within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.

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 31 March 2022.

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Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan Acting Deputy Registrar President