THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 69572/10
Marvan Sasine EL KHURI
against Russia
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 20 September 2016 as a Committee composed of:
Helena Jäderblom, President,
Dmitry Dedov,
Branko Lubarda, judges,
and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 22 November 2010,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Marvan Sasine El Khuri, is a Lebanese national who was born in 1973 and lives in Dahr el Sawan, Lebanon. He was represented before the Court by Ms A. El Maveyed, a lawyer practising in the Moscow region.
The Russian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.
The applicant complained under Article 8 of the Convention that he had been denied guardianship of his son.
The applicant’s complaint was communicated to the Government, who submitted their 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 4 April 2016, sent by registered post, the applicant’s representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 18 December 2015 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’s representative’s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike a case out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. The applicant’s representative received this letter on 4 May 2016. However, no response has been received.
THE LAW
The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue his application, within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention. Furthermore, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in fine, the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols which require the continued examination of the case.
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.
Done in English and notified in writing on 13 October 2016.
Fatoş AracıHelena Jäderblom
Deputy RegistrarPresident
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