THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 17899/22
Prodromos TSAKAS
against Greece
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 13 March 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, President,
Úna Ní Raifeartaigh,
Mateja Đurović, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 4 April 2022,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Prodromos Tsakas, was born in 1972. He was represented by Mr P. Kougiteas, a lawyer practising in Piraeus.
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 about the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Greek Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.
By letter dated 19 April 2023, sent by via the Court’s Electronic Communication Service and by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 17 January 2023 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. The applicant’s representative received that letter on 26 April 2023. However, no response has followed.
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 3 April 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir
Acting Deputy Registrar President