FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 49231/18 Soheil Ahmad AZIZI against Hungary

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 25 November 2021 as a Committee composed of:

Erik Wennerström, President, Lorraine Schembri Orland, Ioannis Ktistakis, judges,

and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 11 October 2018,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Soheil Ahmad Azizi, an Afghan national, was born in 2004.

The applicant was represented by Mr T. Fazekas, a lawyer practising in Budapest.

The applicant’s complaints under Articles 3, 5, 8 and 13 of the Convention concerning the treatment and conditions in the border transit zone and the age assessment procedure were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”).

On 11 June 2021 the applicant’s lawyer informed the Registry that he was no longer in contact with the applicant.

On 7 July 2021 the Registry sent a letter to the applicant’s lawyer requesting information essential to the processing of the application. He was also invited to state if the applicant maintained the application. No reply has been received to this letter.

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 because the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue it (see V.M. and Others v. Belgium (striking out) [GC], no. 60125/11, 17 November 2016).

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 16 December 2021.

Attila Teplán Erik Wennerström Acting Deputy Registrar President