CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;DECCOMMISSION;ENG — 6 juillet 1995

.sDD6737AE { font-size:11pt } .s211D6B00 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:8.5pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial }                          Application No. 27383/95                       by Sveto and Mirjana DRAGICEVIC                       against Sweden         The European Commission of Human Rights sitting in private on 6 July 1995, the following members being present:              MM.    C.A. NØRGAARD, President                  H. DANELIUS                  C.L. ROZAKIS                  E. BUSUTTIL                  G. JÖRUNDSSON                  S. TRECHSEL                  A.S. GÖZÜBÜYÜK                  A. WEITZEL                  J.-C. SOYER                  H.G. SCHERMERS            Mrs.   G.H. THUNE            Mr.    F. MARTINEZ            Mrs.   J. LIDDY            MM.    L. LOUCAIDES                  J.-C. GEUS                  M.P. PELLONPÄÄ                  B. MARXER                  G.B. REFFI                  M.A. NOWICKI                  I. CABRAL BARRETO                  B. CONFORTI                  N. BRATZA                  I. BÉKÉS                  J. MUCHA                  E. KONSTANTINOV                  D. SVÁBY                  G. RESS                  A. PERENIC                  C. BÎRSAN              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 1 March 1995 by Sveto and Mirjana Dragicevic against Sweden and registered on 23 May 1995 under file No. 27383/95;         Having regard to the reports provided for in Rule 47 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission;         Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government on 2 June 1995 and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant on 24 June 1995;         Having deliberated;         Decides as follows:   THE FACTS         The applicants, husband and wife, were born in 1959 and 1963 respectively. They are Serbs and were citizens of former Yugoslavia. They lived, however, in Croatia. At present, they reside at Örkelljunga, Sweden. They have two children, born in 1989 and 1991.         On 26 February 1993 the family arrived in Sweden and applied for asylum. On 30 August 1994 the National Immigration Board (Statens invandrarverk) rejected the application and ordered the applicants' deportation to Croatia. The decision was upheld by the Aliens Appeals Board (Utlänningsnämnden) on 19 April 1995.         After the applicants had lodged a new application with the Aliens Appeals Board, the Board, by decision of 26 May 1995, granted the applicants and their children temporary residence permits until 1 December 1995 on humanitarian grounds. The Board referred to a Government decision of 5 May 1995, according to which the prevailing situation in Croatia rendered the expulsion of asylum seekers to Croatia impossible.         Before the Commission, the applicants claim that the husband may be executed in Croatia for draft evasion and that the family will be persecuted and discriminated against because of their Serbian background. They further claim that their old Yugoslav passports have expired and that they cannot get new Croatian passports, for which reason they cannot return to Croatia. They invoke Articles 2, 3, 8 and 14 of the Convention and Articles 2-4 of Protocol No. 4.   PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION         The application was introduced on 1 March 1995 and registered on 23 May 1995.         On 23 May 1995 the Commission decided, pursuant to Rule 36 of the Commission's Rules of Procedure, to indicate to the respondent Government that it was desirable in the interest of the parties and the proper conduct of the proceedings not to return the applicants to Croatia until the Commission had had an opportunity to examine the application.         The Commission further decided, pursuant to Rule 48 para. 2 (b), to bring the application to the notice of the respondent Government and to invite them to submit written observations on the admissibility and merits.         The Government's observations were submitted on 2 June 1995. The Government informed the Commission of the Aliens Appeals Board's decision to grant the applicants and their children temporary residence permits until 1 December 1995.         The applicants' observations in reply were submitted on 24 June 1995.   REASONS FOR THE DECISION         As the applicants have been granted temporary residence permits, the Commission finds, in accordance with Article 30 para. 1 (c) of the Convention, that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application. It follows that the application should be struck off the Commission's list of cases.         The Commission, however, notes that it may, under Article 30 para. 3 of the Convention, decide to restore the application to its list of cases if it considers that the circumstances justify such a course.         For these reasons, the Commission, unanimously,         DECIDES TO STRIKE THE APPLICATION OFF ITS LIST OF CASES.         Secretary to the Commission        President of the Commission              (H.C. KRÜGER)                       (C.A. NØRGAARD)