FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 3243/08
Radik Davlyatovich KARAMOV against Russia
and 4 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 6 May 2014 as a Committee composed of:
Khanlar Hajiyev, President,
Julia Laffranque,
Erik Møse, judges,
and André Wampach, Deuty Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the dates indicated in the appendix,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The Russian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.
The applicants complained, among other matters, under Article 3 of the Convention about the conditions of their detention in Russian penitentiary facilities.
These complaints were communicated to the Government, who on 24 May 2013 submitted their observations. These submissions were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their observations in reply.
On various dates the above letters returned to the Court as unclaimed or undeliverable due to a change of the recipients’ addresses.
Although the applicants knew that they had the obligation to inform the Court of any change in their addresses and about any major developments regarding their cases, they did not provide the Court with such information.
THE LAW
According to Article 37 § 1 of the Convention, 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 Court considers that the applicants’ failure to inform the Registry about the change of their addresses despite such explicit obligation highlighted in the Registry’s letters must be taken to indicate that they have lost interest in the proceedings, 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 these cases.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court unanimously
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike them out of its list of cases.
André WampachKhanlar Hajiyev
Deputy RegistrarPresident
Appendix
No
Application No
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
3243/08
01/11/2007
Radik Davlyatovich KARAMOV
06/10/1971
Perm
16222/09
04/05/2009
Sergey Vladimirovich GERMANOV
17/01/1965
Uryupinsk
34359/12
10/01/2012
Oleg Aleksandrovich KITAYEV
11/08/1969
Voronezh
34579/12
23/10/2011
Yuriy Alekseyevich KUZIN
12/04/1968
Klekotki
71657/12
09/12/2009
Eduard Valeryevich ZHERNAKOV
24/09/1969
Tver
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