THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 52350/18 Yelena Vasilyevna MARO against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 25 January 2022 as a Committee composed of:

María Elósegui, President, Andreas Zünd, Frédéric Krenc, judges, and Olga Chernishova, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 19 October 2018,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

1. The applicant, Ms Yelena Vasilyevna Maro, is a Russian national, who was born in 1975 and lives in Moscow.

2. The Russian Government (“the Government”) were initially represented by Mr M. Galperin, former Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights, and later by his successor in this office, Mr M. Vinogradov.

3. The applicant complained under Article 8 of the Convention that the domestic authorities’ refusal to bury her mother, in accordance with the latter’s wishes, in the burial plot with the applicant’s father at Nakhodka City Cemetery No. 1 amounted to a violation of her right to respect for her private and family life. On 20 June 2019 the application was communicated to the Government.

4. The parties submitted their observations. The Government informed the Court that on 5 March 2019 the applicant’s mother’s remains were buried where sought by the applicant at Nakhodka City Cemetery No. 1. The applicant did not challenge the information provided by the Government.

THE LAW

5. The Court notes that after the application has been lodged before the Court, the applicant has been able to bury her mother’s remains in the family burial plot.

6. In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention or its Protocols, the Court considers that the matter has been resolved, within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (b) of the Convention (see Kaftailova v. Latvia (striking out) [GC], no. 59643/00, § 48, 7 December 2007). It is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.

7. 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 24 February 2022.

Olga Chernishova María Elósegui Deputy Registrar President