I.S. AND H.C. v. THE NETHERLANDS



                       Application No. 14953/89

                           by I.S. and H.C.

                        against the Netherlands

      The European Commission of Human rights sitting in private on

6 February 1990, the following members being present:

      MM.  C.A. NØRGAARD, President

           J.A. FROWEIN

           S. TRESCHEL

           F. ERMACORA

           E. BUSUTTIL

           G. JÖRUNDSSON

           A.S. GÖZÜBÜYÜK

           A. WEITZEL

           J.-C. SOYER

           H.G. SCHERMERS

           H. DANELIUS

           G. BATLINER

           J. CAMPINOS

           H. VANDENBERGHE

      Mrs. G.H. THUNE

      Sir  Basil HALL

      MM.  F. MARTINEZ

           C.L. ROZAKIS

      Mrs. J. LIDDY

      Mr.  L. LOUCAIDES

      Mr.  H.C. KRÜGER, Secretary to the Commission

      Having regard to Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection

of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;

      Having regard to the application introduced on 27 April 1989 by

I.S. and H.C. against the Netherlands and registered on 28 April 1989

under file No. 14953/89;

      Having regard to the report provided for in Rule 40 of the Rules

of Procedure of the Commission;

      Having deliberated;

      Decides as follows:

      The applicants are Syrian nationals, born in 1957 and 1960, and

at present residing in Groningen, the Netherlands.  In the procedure

before the Commission they are represented by Ms. M.G. Th. Omtzigt, a

lawyer practising in Groningen.

      The applicants complain that if they are deported to Syria they

will be persecuted as Syrian-Orthodox Christian emigrants.  They invoke

Article 3 of the  Convention.

      By letter of 22 November 1989 the applicants' representative

informed the Commission that the applicants had been granted a

permanent residence permit in the Netherlands, and that they,

therefore, no longer wished to pursue the application.

      The Commission notes that the applicants do not wish to pursue

this application and considers that there are no reasons of a general

character affecting the observance of the Convention which necessitate

the further retention of this case.

      For these reasons, the Commission

      DECIDES TO STRIKE THE APPLICATION OFF ITS LIST OF CASES

Secretary to the Commission            President to the Commission

      (H.C. KRÜGER)                               (C.A. NØRGAARD)

 

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