CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;DECCOMMISSION;ENG — 10 mars 1989

.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 }  AS TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF     Application No. 14468/88 by D.B. against Sweden             The European Commission of Human Rights sitting in private on 10 March 1989, the following members being present:                   MM.   C.A. NØRGAARD, President                      J.A. FROWEIN                      S. TRECHSEL                      F. ERMACORA                      G. SPERDUTI                      E. BUSUTTIL                      G. JÖRUNDSSON                      A. WEITZEL                      J.C. SOYER                      H.G. SCHERMERS                      H. DANELIUS                      G. BATLINER                      J. CAMPINOS                      H. VANDENBERGHE                 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 14 December 1988 by D.B. against Sweden and registered on 14 December 1988 under file No. 14468/88;           Having regard to the report provided for in Rule 40 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission;           Having deliberated;           Decides as follows:   THE FACTS           The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows:           The applicant is a Lebanese citizen, born in 1962.   She is represented before the Commission by Mr Jan Axelsson, a practising lawyer in Stockholm.           The applicant's husband, a Christian Maronite, was allegedly killed in Lebanon in October 1987 by persons belonging to a political group hostile to the one to which the applicant's husband belonged. The applicant fled from her home town Zahle to escape those who had killed her husband.           On 28 October 1988 the applicant left Lebanon.   She went by boat to Cyprus, from there by aeroplane to the Federal Republic of Germany and eventually by car to Sweden, where she arrived on 30 October 1988.           The applicant asked for political asylum in Sweden. However, on 9 December 1988, the Police Board (polisstyrelsen) of Södertälje decided to deport (avvisa) the applicant pursuant to Section 28 (1) and Section 29 (1) of the Aliens Act (utlänningslagen).           On the same day, 9 December 1988, the National Immigration Board (statens invandrarverk) decided not to take over the case on the condition that the applicant would be sent to Jounieh in Lebanon.           The applicant appealed to the National Immigration Board and requested a stay of the enforcement of the deportation order.   On 14 December 1988 the National Board decided not to stop the enforcement.   Eventually the applicant left Sweden.   THE COMPLAINTS           The applicant maintained that her deportation to Lebanon would threaten her life and well-being and violate Article 3 of the Convention.   In respect of this complaint the applicant also alleged that she did not have an effective remedy as required by Article 13 of the Convention.   PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION           The application was introduced on 14 December 1988 and registered on the same day.           On 16 December 1988 the Commission decided not to apply Rule 36 of the Commission's Rules of Procedure, but to bring the application to the notice of the respondent Government and to invite them, pursuant to Rule 42 para. 2 (a) of the Rules of Procedure, to submit certain information in writing.           The Government's communication was dated 4 January 1989.           By letter of 17 January 1989 the applicant's representative informed the Commission that the applicant had left Sweden and that she did not wish to pursue her case.   REASONS FOR THE DECISION           The Commission notes that the applicant has withdrawn her application.   It finds that there are no reasons of a general character affecting the observance of the Convention which require a further examination of the application.           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)