FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 6070/16
Atila GOKSU
against Serbia
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 17 May 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Tim Eicke, President,
Branko Lubarda,
Ana Maria Guerra Martins, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 20 January 2016,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Atila Goksu, was born in 1968. He was represented by Mr S. Mutić, a lawyer practising in Belgrade.
The applicant’s complaint under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 concerning the confiscation of property was communicated to the Serbian 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 28 June 2022, sent through the Court’s Electronic Communications Service (eComms), the applicant’s representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of observations had expired on 20 May 2022 and that no extension of time had been requested. The attention of the applicant’s representative 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 applicant’s representative downloaded this letter on the eComms platform on 5 July 2022. 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 8 June 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Tim Eicke
Acting Deputy Registrar President