FOURTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 6628/24 Etienne Avinash RAMSOENDER against the Netherlands (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 27 February 2025 as a Committee composed of: Anne Louise Bormann , President , Sebastian Răduleţu, András Jakab , judges , and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having regard to the above application lodged on 28 February 2024, Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case, Having deliberated, decides as follows: FACTS AND PROCEDURE The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table. The applicant was represented by Mr H. Brentjes, a lawyer practising in Utrecht. The applicant’s complaints under Article 5 § 3 of the Convention concerning the allegedly poor reasoning for his pre-trial detention were communicated to the Dutch Government (“the Government”). The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against the Netherlands in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay him the amount detailed in the appended table. This amount will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay this amount within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on it, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points. The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case. THE LAW The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application. In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention. Done in English and notified in writing on 20 March 2025. Viktoriya Maradudina Anne Louise Bormann Acting Deputy Registrar President APPENDIX Application raising complaints under Article 5 § 3 of the Convention Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth Representative’s name and location Date of receipt of Government’s declaration Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage per applicant (in euros) [1] 6628/24 28/02/2024 Etienne Avinash RAMSOENDER 1979 Brentjes Hubert Utrecht 19/12/2024 23/12/2024 2,000 [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant