FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 57790/17
RAST, TOV
against Ukraine
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 9 April 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Andreas Zünd, President,
Diana Sârcu,
Mykola Gnatovskyy, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 21 July 2017,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe applicant company, Rast, TOV, was registered in 2003. It was represented by Mr R.V. Veresha, a lawyer practising in Chernigiv, Ukraine.
The applicant company’s complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the breach of the principle of legal certainty due to allegedly contradictory court decisions in two cases concerning validity of an auction at which the applicant company sought to buy some real estate was communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.
By letter dated 23 January 2026, sent via the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms), the applicant company was notified that the period allowed for submission of its observations had expired on 25 September 2025 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant company’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. The applicant company received that letter on 27 January 2026. However, no response followed.
THE LAWIn 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 13 May 2026.
Viktoriya Maradudina Andreas Zünd
Acting Deputy Registrar President