FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 54988/16 Maryna Oleksandrivna CHABAN against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 20 January 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 9 September 2016,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Ms Maryna Oleksandrivna Chaban, was born in 1974.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 of the Convention concerning an interference with her property rights were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”).

By letter dated 22 December 2020 the applicant was invited to designate a representative before the Court. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.

Another letter was sent to the applicant on 3 May 2021, by registered post, providing her with a new deadline for designating the representative. She received that letter on 24 May 2021. However, no response followed.

By letter dated 26 July 2021, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the time allowed for designation of her representative had expired 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. On 21 September 2021 that letter returned to the Court as undelivered.

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 10 February 2022.

Viktoriya Maradudina Lətif Hüseynov Acting Deputy Registrar President