FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 80573/12
Svetko HRKALOVIĆ and Nada NARANČIĆ
against Croatia
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 19 Mai 2015 as a Committee composed of:
Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska, President,
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos,
Ksenija Turković, judges,
and André Wampach, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 12 November 2012,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicants, Mr Svetko Hrkalović and Ms Nada Narančić, are Croatian nationals, who were born in 1941 and 1945 respectively and live in Novi Beograd. They were represented before the Court by Mr F. Bobinac, a lawyer practising in Zagreb.
The Croatian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms Š. Stažnik.
The applicants’ complaints under the procedural aspect of Articles 2 and 14 of the Convention about the inefficiency of the investigation into the killing of their close relative in August 1995 as well as their complain under Article 13 that they had no effective remedy in respect of their Convention complaints were communicated to the Government, who submitted their observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.
By letter dated 18 February 2015, sent by registered post, the applicants’ representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired on 5 November 2014 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicants’ representative’s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike a case out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. The applicants’ representative received this letter on 25 February 2015. However, no response has been received.
THE LAW
The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue their application, within the meaning of 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 its Protocols which require the continued examination of the case.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case 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 11 June 2015.
André WampachMirjana Lazarova Trajkovska
Deputy RegistrarPresident
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