FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 50436/18 Valeriy Ivanovych MAZUR

against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 23 March 2023 as a Committee composed of:

Mārtiņš Mits , President , Mattias Guyomar, Mykola Gnatovskyy , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 12 October 2018,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Valeriy Ivanovych Mazur, was born in 1951. He was represented by Mr R.L. Klymenko, a lawyer practising in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 5 § 3 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of pre-trial detention were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”).

On 9 December 2022 the applicant’s representative informed the Registry that the applicant had died and that he is not aware of any applicant’s relatives expressing their wish to pursue proceedings in his stead.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicant’s heirs, if any, do not wish to pursue the application within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.

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 13 April 2023.

Viktoriya Maradudina Mārtiņš Mits Acting Deputy Registrar President