FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 1381/08
Vladimir TIMOSHENKO against Russia
and 7 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 9 April 2013 as a Committee composed of:
Khanlar Hajiyev, President,
Julia Laffranque,
Erik Møse, judges,
and André Wampach, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the dates set out in the appendix,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The respondent Government were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.
The applicants complained, among other matters, about poor conditions of their detention in Russian penitentiary facilities.
The applications had been communicated to the Government, who submitted their observations on the admissibility and merits or the unilateral declarations.
By letters of various dates, the Government’s submissions were forwarded to the applicants who were requested to comment on them. No replies were received to the Registry’s letters.
Following their failure to reply by the time-limit set by the Court, the applicants were notified by letters sent by registered post that the period allowed for their submissions had expired and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicants’ attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike a case out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicants do not intend to pursue the applications. As evidenced by the postal receipts, all the applicants received these letters which did not however elicit any response on their part.
THE LAW
The Court decides to consider the applications in a single decision.
The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue their applications, within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (a) 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 cases.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court unanimously
Decides to join the applications,
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.
André WampachKhanlar Hajiyev
Deputy RegistrarPresident
Appendix
No
Application No
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
1381/08
21/09/2007
Vladimir Anatolyevich TIMOSHENKO
02/03/1979
Novozybkov
11131/09
07/02/2009
Ilya Vsevolodovich LYAMIN
24/02/1987
Solikamsk
35853/09
09/06/2009
Roman Viktorovich ANTONOV
04/11/1980
Peschanokopskoye
37668/09
06/07/2009
Sergey Alekseyevich MAKEYEV
02/07/1969
Uryupinsk
55894/09
07/09/2009
Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich SALNIKOV
01/01/1969
Rostov-On-Don
57765/09
07/10/2009
Nikolay Leonidovich MISHARIN
21/07/1978
Syktyvkar
4023/10
25/12/2009
Vitaliy Viktorovich KORBUT
12/12/1963
Khabarovsk
31376/11
23/04/2011
Gennadiy Andreyevich MAKSIMOV
01/01/1967
Astrakhan
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