THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 62410/17
M.H.
against Serbia
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 4 September 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Úna Ní Raifeartaigh, President
Mateja Đurović,
Vasilka Sancin, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 23 October 2017,
Having regard to the decision to grant the applicant anonymity under Rule 47 § 4 of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the decision by the President of the Section to grant leave to intervene to the AIRE Centre, the Dutch Council for Refugees and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles,
Having regard to the interim measure indicated to the respondent Government under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, M.H., was born in 1998. He was represented by Mr N. Kovačević a lawyer practising in Belgrade.
The applicant’s complaints under Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention, concerning the risk of his possible forced return to North Macedonia and further chain refoulement were communicated to the Serbian Government (“the Government”).
The parties informed the Court that the applicant’s expulsion order had been quashed in April 2019. The applicant’s representative also informed the Court that on 7 March 2025 the applicant had been granted a temporary residence and work permit on humanitarian grounds valid until 29 August 2025. Such permit can be renewed for up to three years under the relevant provisions of the Aliens Act 2018.
THE LAW
The Court notes that the applicant has been granted a temporary residence and work permit renewable for up to three years and therefore no longer risks expulsion from Serbia.
In view of the above, the Court considers that the matter has been resolved within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (b) of the Convention and that respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto does not require it to continue the examination of the application under Article 37 § 1 in fine.
Accordingly, the application should be struck out of the list. The interim measure previously indicated to the Government under Rule 39 in this application ceases to have any basis.
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 25 September 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Úna Ní Raifeartaigh
Acting Deputy Registrar President