S.S. v. the Netherlands



Application No. 14952/89

by S.S.

against the Netherlands

The European Commission of Human Rights sitting in private

on 6 February 1990, the following members being present:

MM. C.A. NØRGAARD, President

J.A. FROWEIN

S. TRECHSEL

F. ERMACORA

E. BUSUTTIL

G. JÖRUNDSSON

A.S. GÖZÜBÜYÜK

A. WEITZEL

J.-C. SOYER

H.G. SCHERMERS

H. DANELIUS

G. BATLINER

J. CAMPINOS

H. VANDENBERGHE

Mrs. G.H. THUNE

Sir Basil HALL

MM. F. MARTINEZ

C.L. ROZAKIS

Mrs. J. LIDDY

Mr. L. LOUCAIDES

Mr. H.C. KRÜGER, Secretary to the Commission

Having regard to Article 25 of the Convention for the

Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;

Having regard to the application introduced on 27 April 1989

by S.S. against the Netherlands and registered on 28 April 1989

under file No. 14952/89;

Having regard to the report provided for in Rule 40 of the

Rules of Procedure of the Commission;

Having deliberated;

Decides as follows:

The applicant is a Syrian national, born in 1949, and at

present residing in Groningen, the Netherlands. In the procedure

before the Commission he is represented by Ms. M.G. Th. Omtzigt a

lawyer practising in Groningen.

The applicant complains that if he is deported to Syria he

will be persecuted as a Syrian-Orthodox Christian emigrant. His wife

and child were sent back to Syria in January 1989. He invokes

Articles 3 and 8 of the Convention.

By letter of 22 November 1989 the applicant's representative

informed the Commission that the applicant had been granted a

permanent residence permit in the Netherlands, and that he, therefore,

no longer wished to pursue the application.

The Commission notes that the applicant does not wish to

pursue his application and considers that there are no reasons of a

general character affecting the observance of the Convention which

necessitate the further retention of this case.

For these reasons, the Commission

DECIDES TO STRIKE THE APPLICATION OFF ITS LIST OF CASES

Secretary to the Commission President of the Commission

(H.C. KRÜGER) (C.A. NØRGAARD)