FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 44691/13 Aleksandr Anatolyevich PLIVA against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 10 November 2021 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 3 July 2013,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Aleksandr Anatolyevich Pliva, was born in 1972.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 10 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.

On 17 December 2020 the Court requested the applicant to assign, by 1 March 2021, a lawyer to represent his interests before the Court and to inform the Court accordingly. The applicant did not reply.

By letter dated 14 April 2021, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period set for assigning a lawyer had expired on 1 March 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 postal tracking system, the applicant received the letter on 5 June 2021. However, no response has followed.

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 2 December 2021.

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Viktoriya Maradudina Lətif Hüseynov Acting Deputy Registrar President