European Court of Human Rights

FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 39111/05
Mateja BEVK
against Slovenia

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 6 December 2011 as a Committee composed of:

Ann Power-Forde, President,
Boštjan M. Zupančič,
Angelika Nußberger, judges,
and Stephen Phillips, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 24 October 2005,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

PROCEDURE

The applicant, Ms Mateja Bevk, is a Slovenian national who was born in 1980 and lives in Škofja Loka. The Slovenian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent.

The applicant’s complaints concerning the right of access to court were communicated to the Government.

On 23 June 2011 the applicant was requested to designate a representative pursuant to Rule 36 § 2 of the Rules of the Court. No reply was received to that request. By a letter dated 12 August 2011, sent by registered post and received by the applicant on 22 August 2011, the applicant was reminded of the need to designate a representative. Her attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike a case out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. No response followed.

THE LAW

The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue her application, within the meaning of 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 its Protocols which require the continued examination of the case.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court unanimously

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.

Stephen Phillips Ann Power-Forde
Deputy Registrar President