FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 21989/22 Ibrahim HALKIĆ against Slovenia

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 28 September 2023 as a Committee composed of:

Krzysztof Wojtyczek , President , Lətif Hüseynov, Ivana Jelić , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 26 April 2022,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Ibrahim Halkić, was born in 1973. He was represented by Mr M. Vajda, a lawyer practising in Ljubljana.

The applicant’s complaint under Article 8 of the Convention concerning his claim for damages with respect to the publication of his photo and name in relation to the accusation of an online fraud in a widely distributed Slovenian newspaper and its website was communicated to the Slovenian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.

By letter dated 27 July 2023, sent to the applicant’s representative via the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms), the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 21 July 2023; he was requested to submit the observations by 3 August 2023 at the latest. The applicant was warned 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. The applicant received this letter on 27 July 2023. 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 19 October 2023.

Viktoriya Maradudina Krzysztof Wojtyczek Acting Deputy Registrar President