FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 24118/16
Alina-Mihaela BICA against Romania
and 3 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 12 October 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Faris Vehabović, President,
Anja Seibert-Fohr,
Anne Louise Bormann, 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 and by the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms), 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. The registered letters were received by the applicants (see details in the appended table). 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 16 November 2023.
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Viktoriya Maradudina Faris Vehabović
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
Representative’s name and location
Date of the
applicant’s last
letter to the Court
Date of sending
Government’s
observations to
the applicant
Time limit of
submission of
response by the
applicant
Date of the Court’s
registered letter
Date of receipt of
the registered letter
Date of the
applicant’s
release from prison
24118/16
21/04/2016
Alina-Mihaela BICA
1974
Doru Florel Trăilă
Bucharest
24/02/2017
11/07/2022
08/08/2022
27/09/2022
17/10/2022
(according to
the Court’s
Electronic
Communication
Service)
26/10/2015
51573/16
19/09/2016
Florin ROHOZNEANU
1979
05/04/2022
11/07/2022
08/08/2022
27/09/2022
17/10/2022
Signed by the applicant’s relatives
22/11/2017
62608/16
05/12/2016
Daniel DRĂGAN
1978
11/05/2022
11/07/2022
08/08/2022
27/09/2022
28/10/2022
Signed by the applicant
25/07/2017
12472/17
08/02/2017
Boby-Alin LINGURAR
1993
Vasile Rareş Biro
Satu Mare
15/12/2020
11/07/2022
08/08/2022
27/09/2022
10/10/2022
(according to
the Court’s
Electronic
Communication
Service)
11/11/2017
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