FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 61802/13
Valentyn Oleksandrovych REVENKO
against Ukraine
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 12 October 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Carlo Ranzoni, President
Lado Chanturia,
María Elósegui, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 27 September 2013,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Valentyn Oleksandrovych Revenko, was born in 1937. He was represented by Mr S.N. Lunev, a lawyer practising in Zaporizhzhya.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 in conjunction with Article 14 of the Convention concerning the State’s refusal to pay the applicant an old-age pension on the ground that he is living abroad were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”).
On 4 November 2022 the Government’s written observations were sent to the applicant’s representative, who was invited to submit observations in response. However, the letter was returned to the Court as unclaimed. Multiple attempts to reach the representative by phone have yielded no results.
By a letter dated 1 February 2023, addressed to the applicant’s postal address in Israel, he was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 6 January 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.
On 14 March 2023, after the failed delivery attempt, the post office returned the letter to the Court. All efforts to reach the applicant by phone were unsuccessful.
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 16 November 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Carlo Ranzoni
Acting Deputy Registrar President
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