FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 55736/14
Olena Yuriyivna SHVEDOVA
against Ukraine
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 18 January 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Mārtiņš Mits, President,
Kateřina Šimáčková,
Mykola Gnatovskyy, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 31 July 2014,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Ms Olena Yuriyivna Shvedova, was born in 1968.
The applicant’s complaints under Articles 6 and 8 of the Convention about her unsuccessful request to change paternity records of her daughter were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”).
The Government’s observations, received in May 2023, were sent to the applicant via the Court’s electronic communications service (eComms). The applicant downloaded them but provided no comments in reply. She was then twice contacted by the Registry by phone. During a conversation in October 2023 the Registry were informed that the observations would be sent.
As no observations had been received by the Court, on 16 November 2023 the applicant was warned, via eComms, that the time-limit for submission of her observations had expired and that her case could be struck out of the list. She was given a deadline until 23 November 2023 to confirm whether she was interested in pursuing her application. The letter was not downloaded by the applicant and the applicant did not contact the Registry. The Registry has repeatedly attempted to contact the applicant by phone; however, all attempts 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 8 February 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Mārtiņš Mits
Acting Deputy Registrar President