KLIMOV proti Rusku

THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 10487/15
Igor Mikhaylovich KLIMOV
against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 11 June 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Alena Poláčková, President,
Dmitry Dedov,
Gilberto Felici, judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 8 June 2015,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Igor Mikhaylovich Klimov, was born in 1970.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the conditions of detention of disabled inmates and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated on 23 May 2016 to the Russian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations by 29 September 2017. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.

By a letter dated 6 February 2018, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired and he was requested to inform the Court by 20 March 2018 whether he intended to pursue the application. 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.

According to the tracking system of the Russian Post, the applicant received the letter. However, he has never replied to it.

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 2 July 2020.

Liv Tigerstedt Alena Poláčková
Acting Deputy Registrar President