THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 5918/13
Aleksandr Anatolyevich KOVALEV against Russia
and 2 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 23 January 2018 as a Committee composed of:
Luis López Guerra, President,
Dmitry Dedov,
Jolien Schukking, judges,
and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”), who were represented initially by Mr G. Matyushkin, the Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights, and then by his successor in that office, Mr M. Galperin.
The applicants failed to respond to the last Registry’s letters of 7 September 2017 (received on various dates, see in the appendix), reminding them that the period allowed for submission of their observations in reply had expired on 15 August 2017 and that no extension of time had been requested. Their attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue their applications, 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 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 the applications out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 15 February 2018.
Fatoş AracıLuis López Guerra
Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Date of receipt of Registry’s letter
5918/13
27/11/2012
Aleksandr Anatolyevich KOVALEV
28/10/1954
Nelidovo
25/09/2017
25181/14
12/03/2014
Irina Aleksandrovna LYU
20/10/1978
Anapa
sent back on 25/09/2017 as unclaimed
25324/14
12/03/2014
Olga Viktorovna KIM
26/11/1958
Ussuriysk
03/10/2017
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