THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 46587/22
Nikolaos TRIANTAFYLLIDIS
against Greece
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 26 March 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Diana Kovatcheva, President,
Canòlic Mingorance Cairat,
Vasilka Sancin, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application against the Hellenic Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 27 September 2022,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe applicant, Mr Nikolaos Triantafyllidis, was born in 1961. He was represented by Mr K. Tsitselikis and Mr A. Spathis, two lawyers practising in Thessaloniki.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention, as well as under Article 13 of the Convention concerning the lack of an effective remedy in domestic law in respect of such conditions were communicated to the Greek Government (“the Government”).
On 10 December 2025 the Government informed the Registry that the applicant had died on 17 January 2025. They asked the Court to strike the application out of the list of cases in the event that no heirs, close family members or any other person claiming to have a legitimate interest, expressed a wish to pursue the proceedings.
By a letter dated 12 December 2025 sent through the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms), the Registry invited the applicant’s first representative to submit, by 9 January 2026, his comments and to indicate whether there was a person who wished to pursue the proceedings before the Court. The applicant’s first representative downloaded the Court’s letter and the attached Government’s document verifying the applicant’s death from the eComms platform on 13 December 2025. However, no response has followed.
THE LAWIn the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicant’s heirs, if any, do not wish to pursue the application within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.
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 16 April 2026.
Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Kovatcheva
Acting Deputy Registrar President