FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 83241/17 AZERBAIJAN POPULAR FRONT PARTY against Azerbaijan

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 9 November 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 2 December 2017,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant-party, Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, was registered in 1995. It was represented by Mr S. Rahimli, a lawyer practising in Baku.

The applicant-party’s complaints under Articles 11, 13 and 18 of the Convention concerning refusal by the Ministry of Justice to register the changes made in its registered founding documents were communicated to the Azerbaijani Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, which was invited to submit its own observations. By a letter of 10 September 2022, the applicant-party requested extension until 12 September 2022 of the time-limit allowed for submission of the observations. By a letter of 12 September 2022, the applicant-party informed the Registry that it would submit the observations until the end of that day. However, the Registry did not receive any such observations from the applicant-party.

By a letter dated 12 December 2022, sent by registered post, the applicant-party was notified that the period allowed for submission of its observations had expired and that no extension of time-limit beyond 12 September 2022 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. The applicant-party received this letter. 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 30 November 2023.

Viktoriya Maradudina Krzysztof Wojtyczek Acting Deputy Registrar Presiden t