FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 45831/12 Viktoriya Oleksandrivna SLOBODYANYUK

against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 24 February 2022 as a Committee composed of:

Lətif Hüseynov, President, Lado Chanturia, Arnfinn Bårdsen, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 13 July 2012,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Ms Viktoriya Oleksandrivna Slobodyanyuk, was born in 1974 and lives in Kyiv.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the length of civil proceedings to which she was a party and the quashing of a final judgment following an extraordinary review were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”), who submitted a statement of facts and observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit her own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.

By letter dated 5 November 2021, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of her observations had expired on 2 June 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. According to the relevant postal data, that letter was delivered to the address indicated by the applicant but was not picked up.

The last correspondence from the applicant was received in April 2019.

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 Lətif Hüseynov Acting Deputy Registrar President