FIFTH SECTION DECISION Applications nos. 34703/21 and 37427/23 Vitaliy Volodymyrovych BOYKO against Ukraine and Nazar Yuriyovych KUZIV-PANKOV against Ukraine (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 23 January 2025 as a Committee composed of: Diana Sârcu , President , Kateřina Šimáčková, Mykola Gnatovskyy , judges , and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table, Having deliberated, decides as follows: FACTS AND PROCEDURE The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. The applicants’ complaints under the Convention were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The applicants were required to submit their observations in reply, however, the contact with the applicants has been lost (see appended table for details). By letters sent through the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms) and by registered post, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired and that no extension of time had been requested (see appended table for dates and details). The applicants’ 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. No reply followed. THE LAW Having regard to the similar procedural conduct of the applicants, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision. 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 applications. Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to join the applications; Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases. Done in English and notified in writing on 13 February 2025. Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Sârcu Acting Deputy Registrar President APPENDIX List of applications No. Application no. Introduction date Applicant Year of Birth Representative’s name Main complaints raised Date of sending Government’s observations to the applicant Date of the Court strike-out warning letter 1. 34703/21 25/06/2021 Vitaliy Volodymyrovych BOYKO 1991 Oleksandr Anatoliyovych IGNATOV Art. 6 (1) - excessive length of criminal proceedings; Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings. 10/06/2024 (by eComms – partially downloaded) 04/09/2024 (by registered post, returned undelivered) 18/09/2024 (by eComms, not downloaded) 2. 37427/23 29/09/2023 Nazar Yuriyovych KUZIV-PANKOV 1990 Andriy Olegovych KADOCHNIKOV Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention; Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention. 28/05/2024 (by eComms – partially downloaded) 19/09/2024 (by eComms, downloaded)