FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 75285/10
by S.P.
against Denmark
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 23 August 2011 as a Chamber composed of:
Nina Vajić, President,
Anatoly Kovler,
Peer Lorenzen,
Elisabeth Steiner,
Khanlar Hajiyev,
George Nicolaou,
Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska, judges,
and Søren Nielsen, Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 22 December 2010,
Having regard to the interim measure indicated to the respondent Government under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court and the fact that this interim measure has been complied with,
Having regard to the decision to grant priority to the above application under Rule 41 of the Rules of Court,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
THE FACTS
The applicant, S. P. is a Syrian national who currently lives in Denmark. He is represented before the Court by Ms Elsebeth Rasmussen, a lawyer practising in Copenhagen.
The Danish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr Thomas Winkler from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The applicant complained that it would be in violation of Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention to return him to Greece under the Dublin Regulation.
On 3 January 2011, the applicant’s request for a Rule 39 indication was granted by the Court as was his request that his identity should not be disclosed to the public (Rule 47 § 3). Notice was given to the Government of the applicant’s complaints.
By letter of 2 February 2011 to the Court, the Government submitted that in the light of M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece [GC], no. 30696/09, 21 January 2011:
“...Denmark has decided until further notice to process the applications for asylum from persons who otherwise would have been transferred from Denmark to Greece. This entails, inter alia, that the applicants in the above mentioned applications concerning Denmark will now get their applications for asylum proceeded in Denmark. Against this backdrop, the Danish Government respectfully invites the Court to repeal its Rule 39 decisions in the above-mentioned applications concerning Denmark”.
On 22 March 2011 the Court sent a letter to the applicant’s representative with the following content:
“... You are requested to inform the Court ... whether, in the light of the Government’s information [in the enclosed letter of 2 February 2011], your client wish to maintain his application. If he indeed wishes to do so, you should elaborate on why it would still be justified for the Court to continue the examination of the application given that it now appears that the applicant will not be transferred to Greece and that your application for asylum will be examined by the Danish authorities ...”
On 31 March 2011 the applicant’s representative informed the Court that she did not object to the case being struck out of the list of cases.
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 or its Protocols, the Court considers that it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list of cases pursuant to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court unanimously
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Søren NielsenNina Vajić
RegistrarPresident
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