Predrag ĆULIBRK against Serbia

The European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter: the Court) is21. November 2024. year, and on December 12, 2024, announced the decision in the case Predrag Ćulibrk against Serbia, number 40994/21.

It's a decisionpassed unanimouslythree-member Board.

The applicant submitted the petition to the Court on August 5, 2021 complaining about the violation of rights from Article 4 of Protocol No. 7 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter: the Convention) which refers to the application of the principles ne bis in idem, because he was punished twice for the same crime, once in misdemeanor and the other time in criminal proceedings.

The Government of the Republic of Serbia submitted its Observations regarding the admissibility and merits of the petition, to which the applicant did not respond within the set deadline, nor within the subsequently set deadline.

Taking into account the above, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding the observance of the rights guaranteed by the Convention and its Protocols, the Court, in accordance with Article 37, paragraph 1(a) of the Convention, took the position that it is no longer justified to continue examining the application .

Consequently, the Court decided to delete the petition from its list of cases.