THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 54176/16
Belo KLIMO
against Slovakia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 6 June 2017 as a Committee composed of:

Helen Keller, President,
Pere Pastor Vilanova,
Alena Poláčková, judges,

and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 9 September 2016,

Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government on 14 February 2017 requesting the Court to strike the application out of the list of cases and the applicant’s reply to that declaration,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Belo Klimo, is a Slovak national, who was born in 1934 and lives in Bratislava. He was represented before the Court by Mr M. Mudrák, a lawyer practising in Bratislava.

The Government of the Slovak Republic (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms M. Pirošíková.

The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the length of his civil proceedings.

The application was communicated to the Government.

After unsuccessful friendly-settlement negotiations, by letter dated 14 February 2017 the Government informed the Court that they proposed to make a declaration with a view to resolving the issues raised by the application.

The declaration provided as follows:

“The Government acknowledge the unreasonable duration of the domest