FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 41105/22
Levan Huhutievich ABULADZE
against Spain
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 21 March 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Mārtiņš Mits, President,
Kateřina Šimáčková,
Mykola Gnatovskyy, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 26 August 2022,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Levan Huhutievich Abuladze, was born in 1975. He was represented by Mr F. Miranda Velasco, a lawyer practising in Oviedo.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning his extradition to the Russian Federation were communicated to the Spanish Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who submitted his own observations.
On 18 December 2023 the Registry sent a letter to the applicant by the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms) requesting information concerning the applicant’s presence in Spain. The letter was downloaded by the applicant’s representative on the same day. No reply was received to that letter.
By letter dated 26 January 2024, sent via eComms, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of additional information had expired on 15 January 2024 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. 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 11 April 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Mārtiņš Mits
Acting Deputy Registrar President