FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 41088/19
Ioan GALBEN
against Romania
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 19 June 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Anne Louise Bormann, President,
Sebastian Răduleţu,
András Jakab, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 25 July 2019,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Ioan Galben, was born in 1982.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the unfairness of the criminal proceedings initiated against him were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”), who submitted 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 16 August 2023, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 27 June 2023 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. The letter was returned to the Court as unclaimed on 9 October 2023. No further correspondence was received from the applicant.
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 10 July 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Anne Louise Bormann
Acting Deputy Registrar President