THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 36957/22
W.N.J.C.
against the Netherlands
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 5 September 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Peeter Roosma, President,
Andreas Zünd,
Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 28 July 2022,
Having regard to the decision to grant the applicant anonymity, in accordance with Rule 47 § 4 of the Rules of the Court,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr W.J.N.C., was born in 1968. He was represented by Mr TH. Dieben, a lawyer practising in Amsterdam.
The applicant’s complaints under Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention concerning the discontinuation, at the appeal stage, at the request of the Public Prosecution Service, of criminal proceedings against a group of persons suspected of the highly violent assault on the applicant were communicated to the Dutch Government (“the Government”).
On 6 May 2024 the applicant informed the Registry that he wanted to withdraw the application to the Court for health reasons.
THE LAW
In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the application (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 the Protocols thereto which require the continued 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 26 September 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Peeter Roosma
Acting Deputy Registrar President