FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 31169/07
by Blažo JANEV
against the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 18 January 2011 as a Committee composed of:
Zdravka Kalaydjieva, President,
Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska,
Julia Laffranque, judges
and Stephen Phillips, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 11 July 2007,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
PROCEDURE
The application was lodged by Mr Blažo Janev, a Macedonian national who was born in 1945 and lives in Radoviš. The Macedonian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mrs R. Lazareska Gerovska.
On 17 May 2010 the Court decided to communicate the applicant’s complaint concerning the length of criminal proceedings instituted against him for bodily injury and endangering another with a dangerous implement in a fight or quarrel. The proceedings began on 20 March 2001 and ended on 9 March 2007.
On 21 June 2010 and 30 September 2010, respectively, the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay him 2,300 euros to cover any non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which would be converted into Macedonian Denars at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and would be free of any taxes that may be applicable. This sum would be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article 37 § 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In the event of failure to pay this sum within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on it, from expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points. The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case.
THE LAW
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols and finds no public policy reasons to justify a continued examination of the application (Article 37 § 1 in fine of the Convention).
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.
Stephen PhillipsZdravka Kalaydjieva
Deputy RegistrarPresident
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