Isa v. North Macedonia

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 25431/23 Nafi ISA against North Macedonia

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 4 December 2025 as a Committee composed of:

Stéphane Pisani , President , Juha Lavapuro, Hugh Mercer , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 20 June 2023,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.

The applicant was represented by the European Roma Rights Centre, a non-governmental organisation based in Brussels.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 14 taken in conjunction with Article 3 (substantive and procedural limbs), concerning the alleged ill ‑ treatment of the applicant by the police, ineffective investigation into it and the alleged failure of the authorities to investigate possible racist motives, were communicated to the Government of North Macedonia (“the Government”).

On 17 July 2025 the Registry was informed that the applicant had died. The applicant’s spouse, Ms Azire Isa, applied to continue the application in the name of the applicant and designated the European Roma Rights Centre to represent her. The Government did not contest the request.

The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the Government and the applicant’s widow, under which the latter agreed to waive any further claims against North Macedonia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay her the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.

The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case.

THE LAW

The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the Government and the applicant’s heir. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a 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,

Holds that the applicant’s heir (as indicated in the Appendix) has standing to pursue the proceedings in the late applicant’s stead;

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.

Done in English and notified in writing on 8 January 2026.

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Viktoriya Maradudina Stéphane Pisani Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 3

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Representative’s name and location

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage

per applicant

(in euros) [1]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application

(in euros) [2]

25431/23

20/06/2023

Nafi ISA

1960

Died in 2025

Heir

Azire ISA

Born in 1965

European Roma Rights Centre

Brussels

13/10/2025

30/09/2025

4,000

850

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.

[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.