THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 75754/17
Afrim SARAÇI
against Albania
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 21 November 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, President,
Úna Ní Raifeartaigh,
Mateja Đurović, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 21 October 2017,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Afrim Saraçi, was born in 1954 in Peshkopi, Albania, and his given address is in Tirana.
The applicant’s complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the delayed enforcement of a domestic decision in his favour was communicated to the Albanian Government (“the Government”).
On 3 November 2023 the Government submitted that the domestic decision in the applicant’s favour had been enforced.
On 26 April 2024 the Registry sent the Government’s submissions to the applicant and invited him to submit his observations in reply. This letter was returned to the Court as undelivered as the applicant had not been at his address.
By a letter of 25 June 2024, sent by registered post, the applicant had been informed that he had had to submit observations and that the time-limit initially afforded for doing so had expired on 7 June 2024, and that no extension of time had been requested. His attention was drawn to the terms of 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. That letter reached the applicant on 3 September 2024.
The applicant did not reply.
THE LAW
Noting that the applicant has not replied to the Court’s correspondence, he may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the application (Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention). 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 12 December 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir
Acting Deputy Registrar President