FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 13709/24
Vladimir KESER
against Croatia
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 21 May 2026 as a Committee composed of:
 Raffaele Sabato, President,
 Artūrs Kučs,
 Anna Adamska-Gallant, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application against the Republic of Croatia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 2 May 2024,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe applicant, Mr Vladimir Keser, was born in 1946. He was represented before the Court by Ms M. Nenadović Timarac, a lawyer practising in Sisak.
The applicant’s complaint under Article 8 of the Convention concerning his right to respect for his home was communicated to the Croatian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits of the case.
By a letter of 29 October 2025, the applicant’s representative informed the Court that the applicant had died on 29 July 2025 and that his wife and son, Ms Stanislava Keser and Mr Vladimir Keser, wished to pursue the application. She submitted a decision issued by a notary public declaring the applicant’s wife and son the applicant’s sole statutory heirs.
By a letter dated 13 March 2026, sent to the representative of the applicant’s heirs through the Court’s Electronic Communications Service (eComms), the applicant’s heirs were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations on the admissibility and merits of the case, together with their claims for just satisfaction, had expired on 4 March 2026 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’s heirs’ attention was 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 party does not intend to pursue the application. The representative of the applicant’s heirs downloaded that letter on 14 March 2026. However, no response followed.
THE LAWIn the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.
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 June 2026.
 
 Viktoriya Maradudina Raffaele Sabato
 Acting Deputy Registrar President