FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 23972/22
Maria Assunta BRUNO and Others
against Italy
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 31 August 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,
Lətif Hüseynov,
Ivana Jelić, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 2 May 2022,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The applicants were represented by Mr F. Bennardo, a lawyer practising in Catania.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 of the Convention and under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention concerning the application of retrospective legislation (Article 1 § 218 of Law no. 266/2005 of 23 December 2005) to pending national proceedings were communicated to the Italian Government (“the Government”).
In the communication the Registry requested the applicants to produce certain documents essential to processing of the application. No reply was received.
By letter dated 27 February 2023, sent via the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms), the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of the requested documents had expired on 20 February 2023 and that no extension of time had been requested. Nevertheless, the Registry extended the time-limit for submission of the requested documents to 13 March 2023. The applicants’ 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. The applicants received this letter on the same day. 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 21 September 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Krzysztof Wojtyczek
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
No.
Applicant’s Name
Year of birth
Nationality
Place of residence
1.
Maria Assunta BRUNO
1957
Italian
Caltanissetta
2.
Sebastiano ANZALDO
1953
Italian
Butera
3.
Angelo Diego Giorgio BUFALINO
1966
Italian
Caltanissetta
4.
Salvatore BUFALINO
1973
Italian
Bagheria
5.
Santo Domenico DI BELLA
1968
Italian
Santa Caterina Villarmosa
6.
Angelo Antonio DI BENEDETTO
1965
Italian
Caltanissetta
7.
Giuseppe DIFORTI
1961
Italian
Caltanissetta
8.
Michele DONZELLA
1955
Italian
Caltanissetta
9.
Francesca FERRARA
1959
Italian
Caltanissetta
10.
Salvatore IPPOLITO
1957
Italian
Caltanissetta
11.
Vincenzo LA TONA
1955
Italian
San Cataldo
12.
Salvatore MANGIONE
1940
Italian
San Cataldo
13.
Gaetano MARAZZOTTA
1956
Italian
Riesi
14.
Antonia MILAZZO
1951
Italian
Caltanissetta
15.
Carminella MISTRETTA
1945
Italian
Caltanissetta
16.
Giuseppe PAGLIARO
1946
Italian
Caltanissetta
17.
Bartolo RIGGI
1955
Italian
Caltanissetta
18.
Concetta Lidia RUSSELLO
1959
Italian
San Cataldo
19.
Rosario RUSSOTTO
1954
Italian
Caltanissetta
20.
Domenico SARDO
1961
Italian
San Cataldo
21.
Massimo TAGLIALAVORE
1940
Italian
Caltanissetta
22.
Michela TERRITO
1955
Italian
Caltanissetta
23.
Concetta Immacolata TORREGROSSA
1959
Italian
San Cataldo