Andreeva v. North Macedonia

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 30276/23 Veselina Eftimova ANDREEVA against North Macedonia

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 2 July 2026 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 against the Republic of North Macedonia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 24 July 2023,

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

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

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

The applicant was represented by Ms T. Slaveska Apostolovski, a lawyer practising in Skopje.

The application concerns the applicant’s unsuccessful attempt to register her son, who was born in June 2002 and died in May 2021, in the civil status register. The applicant’s complaints that the domestic proceedings for the son’s registration were lengthy and flawed, that they resulted in an impossibility to have her relationship with her son recognised, and that after several remittals the relevant second-instance commission had remitted the case again, rather than deciding it on the merits, were communicated to the Government of North Macedonia (“the Government”) under Articles 8 and 13 of the Convention.

The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicant 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 amount detailed in the appended table. This amount 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 this amount within the above ‑ mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on it, 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 Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. 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,

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 27 August 2026.

Viktoriya Maradudina Stéphane Pisani Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Articles 8 and 13 of the Convention

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for non ‑ pecuniary damage and costs and expenses

(in euros) [1]

30276/23

24/07/2023

Veselina Eftimova ANDREEVA

1965

02/04/2026

01/04/2026

5,400

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