FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 57374/15
Armen HOVHANNISYAN
against Armenia
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 27 June 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Branko Lubarda, President,
Anne Louise Bormann,
Sebastian Răduleţu, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 12 November 2015,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Armen Hovhannisyan, was born in 1975. He was represented by Mr A. Zakaryan, a lawyer practising in Yerevan.
The applicant’s complaints under Articles 6 and 11 of the Convention concerning the fairness of his trial and the alleged violation of his right to freedom of assembly, were communicated to the Armenian 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 and just satisfaction claims. Following requests from the applicant’s lawyer, the Registry extended the time-limit for submitting observations and claims for just satisfaction first to 15 August 2023 and then again to 15 September 2023. No reply was received to the Registry’s letters.
By letter dated 20 September 2023, sent via the Court’s Electronic Communications Service (eComms), the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations and just satisfaction claims had expired on 15 September 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 applicant’s lawyer downloaded that letter from eComms on 20 September 2023 and then on 13 April 2024 but has not replied to it.
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 18 July 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Branko Lubarda
Acting Deputy Registrar President