FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 14657/21
Miroslava KULICHOVÁ
against the Czech Republic
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 11 July 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Carlo Ranzoni, President,
Mārtiņš Mits,
María Elósegui, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 12 March 2021,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, whose current name is Miroslava Čechová and whose previous name, under which the Court will continue processing her application, was Miroslava Kulichová, is a Czech national born in 1961. She was represented before the Court by Ms T. Chadimová, a lawyer practising in Velká Bíteš.
The applicant’s complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the right of access to the Constitutional Court was communicated to the Czech Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant (through her legal representative via the Court’s electronic communication service (eComms)), who was invited to submit the observations in reply. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter of 19 April 2023, which has not been downloaded.
By letter dated 13 June 2023 sent by eComms the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of her observations had expired on 31 May 2023 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. Again, the letter has not been downloaded and there has been no response.
In the last attempt, by letter dated 16 April 2024, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified (through her legal representative) that the period allowed for submission of her observations had expired and her attention was again drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention. The applicant’s representative received that letter on 3 May 2024. However, no response has reached the Court.
THE LAW
In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.
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 5 September 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Carlo Ranzoni
Acting Deputy Registrar President