FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 16613/16
Mehmet Zafer BEYHATUN against Romania
and 2 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 20 May 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). 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 10 June 2021.
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Viktoriya MaradudinaArmen 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
Representative’s name and location
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
16613/16
16/05/2016
Mehmet Zafer BEYHATUN
1983
15/07/2020
08/12/2020
09/01/2021
Handed over to the recipient
according to the information on
the official website of the Turkish Postal Service
18/01/2021
19/10/2017
61512/16
15/12/2016
Adrian GHEORGHE
1974
04/01/2017
16/11/2020
21/12/2020
Returned as “unclaimed”
According to the information on
the official website of the Romanian Postal Service
11/01/2021
21/11/2017
18425/17
23/03/2017
Marius-Georgel SCARLAT
1990
Mădălina Marinela Pîrșcoveanu
Caracal
11/05/2017
13/11/2020
02/12/2020
Returned as “unclaimed”
According to the information on
the official website of the Romanian Postal Service
08/01/2021
20/03/2018
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