THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 52455/07
Đorđe STANKOVIĆ
against Serbia
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 16 December 2014 as a Committee composed of:
Ján Šikuta, President,
Dragoljub Popović,
Iulia Antoanella Motoc, judges,
and Marialena Tsirli, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 12 October 2007,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
THE FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Đorđe Stanković, was a Serbian national, who was born in 1945 and lived in Mala Krsna. The Serbian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their successive Agents, Mr S. Carić and Ms V. Rodić.
The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.
On 17 October 1994 the applicant initiated civil proceedings requesting the Municipal Court in Smederevo (Opštinski sud u Smederevu) to award him certain property rights. On 12 October 2007 the applicant complained before this Court under Article 6 of the Convention about the length of the said proceedings.
On 3 March 2010 the Court decided to give notice of the application to the Government.
On 14 January 2014 the Government informed the Court that the applicant had died on 23 January 2012. On 6 October 2014 the Court sent that letter to the applicant’s address for comments. The correspondence to the applicant was returned to the Court on 22 October 2014 with a note by the postal service that the applicant had died.
THE LAW
The Court notes that the applicant has died and that no request has been submitted by his heirs to pursue the examination of the case. In these circumstances the Court concludes that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. Furthermore, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in fine, the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols which require the continued examination of the case.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Marialena TsirliJán Šikuta
Deputy RegistrarPresident
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