FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 11331/18
Gorjan ATANASOV
against North Macedonia
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 20 May 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President,
Jovan Ilievski,
Mattias Guyomar, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 28 February 2018,
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 Ms P. Zefikj, a lawyer practising in Skopje.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the alleged police brutality and the lack of an effective investigation into those allegations were communicated to the Government of North Macedonia (“the Government”). The applicant also complained under Article 13 of the Convention.
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against North Macedonia 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 converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and 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 10 June 2021.
Viktoriya MaradudinaStéphanie Mourou-Vikström
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 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 and costs and expenses per applicant
(in euros)[1]
11331/18
28/02/2018
Gorjan ATANASOV
1993
Pavlina
ZEFIKJ
Skopje
17/03/2021
10/03/2021
12,550
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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