THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application nos. 46197/22 and 46547/22
Nard HALILAJ against Greece
and Eleftherios ARAMBATZIS against Greece
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 19 February 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Diana Kovatcheva, President,
Canòlic Mingorance Cairat,
Vasilka Sancin, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications against the Hellenic Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of the applicants and the relevant details are set out in the appendix.
The applicants were represented by Mr K. Tsitselikis and Mr A. Spathis, two lawyers practising in Thessaloniki.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention, as well as under Article 13 of the Convention concerning the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Greek Government (“the Government”).
On 29 October 2024 the applicants informed the Registry that they wanted to withdraw the applications to the Court.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the applications (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 the Protocols thereto which require the continued examination of the application.
Accordingly, the cases should be struck out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 12 March 2026.
Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Kovatcheva
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention
(inadequate conditions of detention and lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in that regard)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
46197/22
27/09/2022
Nard HALILAJ
1984
46547/22
27/09/2022
Eleftherios ARAMBATZIS
1979