FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 429/15
Feliks GEVORGYAN
against Armenia

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 19 December 2024 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 application lodged on 18 December 2014,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Feliks Gevorgyan, was born in 1979. He was represented by Mr Yegoryan, a lawyer practising in Yerevan.

The applicant’s complaint under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the alleged lack of an effective investigation into his allegations of ill‑treatment was communicated to the Armenian 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 11 January 2021, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 18 March 2019 and that no extension of time 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. 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 23 January 2025.

 Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Sârcu
 Acting Deputy Registrar President