K.G. proti Polsku

FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 6513/21
K.G.
against Poland

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 8 December 2022 as a Committee composed of:

Ivana Jelić, President,
Krzysztof Wojtyczek,
Erik Wennerström, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 12 January 2021,

Having regard to the decision to grant the applicant anonymity under Rule 47 § 4 of the Rules of Court,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Ms K. G., was born in 1984.

The applicant’s complaints under Articles 8 and 3 of the Convention concerning restrictions on legal abortion on the ground of foetal defects and the alleged formal shortcomings of the legal basis were communicated to the Polish Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit her own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.

By letter dated 23 June 2022, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of her observations had expired on 16 June 2022 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 received this letter on 2 July 2022. 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 12 January 2023.

Viktoriya Maradudina Ivana Jelić
Acting Deputy Registrar President