THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 18309/22
Savvas KARAVASILIADIS
against Greece
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 21 March 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Peeter Roosma, President,
Andreas Zünd,
Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 5 April 2022,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Savvas Karavasiliadis, was born in 1968. He was represented by Mr K. Tsitselikis, a lawyer practising in Thessaloniki.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention, as well as under Article 13 concerning the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Greek Government (“the Government”).
On 9 March 2023 the Government informed the Registry that the applicant had died on 7 June 2022 and asked the Court to strike the application out of his list of cases since no heirs, close family members or any other person claiming to have a legitimate interest expressed the wish to pursue the proceedings.
In a letter of 20 March 2023 the Registry invited the applicant’s representative to submit his comments by 14 April 2023. No response has followed.
THE LAW
In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicant’s heirs, if any, do not wish to pursue the application within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.
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 11 April 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Peeter Roosma
Acting Deputy Registrar President