THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 3351/20
George Cristian HALMAI
against Cyprus
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 20 October 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Darian Pavli, President,
Andreas Zünd,
Frédéric Krenc, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 1 January 2020,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr George Cristian Halmai, was born in 1966.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the length of criminal proceedings no. 8162/14 before the District Court of Paphos were communicated to the Cypriot 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 29 June 2022, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 25 April 2022 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 applicant received this letter on 9 August 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 10 November 2022.
Viktoriya Maradudina Darian Pavli
Acting Deputy Registrar President