FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 62893/16
Ion BĂLA against Romania
and 4 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 9 December 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Armen Harutyunyan, President,
Jolien Schukking,
Ana Maria Guerra Martins, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Romanian Government, who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations. No reply was received by the Court.
By letters sent by registered post, the applicants were notified that the time allowed for the submission of their observations had expired (see the appended table for the relevant dates). The applicants’ attention was further 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 does not intend to pursue the application.
No reply to these letters has been received by the Court (see details in the appended table) and there are no previous letters from the applicants informing the Court about the change of address. All the applicants have been released from prison.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the applications (Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention). Furthermore, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in fine, the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto which require the continued examination of the applications.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 13 January 2022.
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Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention
(inadequate conditions of detention)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Date of the
applicant’s last
letter to the
Court
Date of the
Court’s
registered
letter
Date of receipt
of the
registered
letter
New time‑limit
for
submission of
observations
by the applicant
Date of the
applicant’s
release
from prison
62893/16
09/12/2016
Ion BĂLA
1966
31/01/2017
05/08/2021
Returned to the Court as unclaimed on 28/09/2021
(according to the official website of Romania’s Postal Service)
16/09/2021
17/01/2017
64952/16
09/12/2016
Florian Toma CRUCERU
1978
22/03/2017
05/08/2021
16/08/2021
Illegible signature
16/09/2021
14/03/2017
69656/16
19/12/2016
Virgil CONSTANTIN
1962
08/08/2017
05/08/2021
19/08/2021
Signed by the applicant
16/09/2021
25/07/2017
7245/17
15/02/2017
Ioan Crăciunel POPA
1977
15/02/2017
17/08/2021
01/09/2021
Illegible signature
27/09/2021
04/07/2017
50661/17
05/07/2017
Cristian RĂDULESCU
1979
05/07/2017
05/08/2021
13/08/2021
Signed by applicant
16/09/2021
25/01/2017