Semenov v. Russia

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 232/18 Aleksandr Andreyevich SEMENOV against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 20 June 2024 as a Committee composed of:

Lorraine Schembri Orland , President , Frédéric Krenc, Davor Derenčinović , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 4 December 2017,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Aleksandr Andreyevich Semenov, was born in 1988. He was represented by Ms K. Mikhaylova, a lawyer practising in St Petersburg.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 8 of the Convention, taken alone and in conjunction with Article 14 of the Convention, about the State’s alleged failure to comply with their obligation to respond adequately to discriminatory statements, as well as under Article 13 about the alleged absence of an effective domestic remedy, were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”).

On 7 March 2024 the applicant’s representative informed the Registry that the applicant had died. No heir has since expressed an interest in pursuing the case.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicant’s heirs do not wish to pursue the application within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.

Accordingly, the case should be struck 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 11 July 2024.

Viktoriya Maradudina Lorraine Schembri Orland Acting Deputy Registrar President