FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 38077/16
Marius-Irinel BEȚA against Romania
and 4 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 5 November 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Armen Harutyunyan, President,
Jolien Schukking,
Ana Maria Guerra Martins, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations.
By letters sent by registered post, the applicants were notified that the time allowed for the submission of their observations or of certain requested information 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 a change of address.
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 26 November 2020.
Liv TigerstedtArmen Harutyunyan
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
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 Court’s
registered letter
Date of receipt of the
registered letter
Time-limit for submission
by the applicant of the
information requested
Date of the applicant’s
release from prison
38077/16
01/11/2016
Marius-Irinel BEȚA
1976
09/07/2020
22/07/2020
(as results from documents extracted from the post office website)
20/08/2020
11/06/2019
39637/16
21/11/2016
Cristinel ROPOT
1982
09/07/2020
22/07/2020
(as results from documents extracted from the post office website)
20/08/2020
25/06/2019
43110/16
08/08/2016
Florentin-Ciprian BANU
1988
09/07/2020
22/07/2020
(as results from documents extracted from the post office website)
20/08/2020
In detention at
Botoşani Prison
43534/16
11/10/2016
Petruț ANGHEL
1983
09/07/2020
21/07/2020
(as results from documents extracted from the post office website)
20/08/2020
12/06/2018
43748/16
16/08/2016
Doru-Daniel BIGHIU
1977
09/07/2020
22/07/2020
(as results from documents extracted from the post office website)
20/08/2020
07/11/2018
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