Selimaj v. Albania

THIRD SECTION

Application no. 27039/10 Safet SELIMAJ against Albania

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 29 June 2023 as a Committee composed of:

Ioannis Ktistakis, President, Darian Pavli, Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 19 April 2010,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Safet Selimaj, was born in 1958.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention about the lack of compensation as a result of the flooding of his plot of land by a hydropower plant were communicated to the Albanian 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.

By letter sent by registered post, the applicant was invited to inform the Court if there has been any development since the parties’ latest updates and whether he wished to maintain the application. The applicant’s attention was further 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. No reply to this letter has been received by the Court (see details in the appended table).

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.

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.

Done in English and notified in writing on 20 July 2023.

Viktoriya Maradudina Ioannis Ktistakis Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Date of the

Court’s

registered

letter

Date of receipt of the

registered letter

27039/10

19/04/2010

Safet SELIMAJ

1958

23/03/2023

03/04/2023