FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 77962/16
Remus BOCEA against Romania
and 15 other applications
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 30 May 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Branko Lubarda, President,
Anne Louise Bormann,
Sebastian Răduleţu, 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 (see the appended table for the relevant dates). 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. The registered letters either were received by the applicants or were returned to the Court (see details in the appended table). 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 20 June 2024.
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Viktoriya Maradudina Branko Lubarda
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 sending Government’s
observations to the applicant
Time‑limit for submission of response by the applicant
Date of the Court’s registered letter
Date of receipt/return of the registered letter
77962/16
23/01/2017
Remus BOCEA
1987
04/04/2022
05/04/2023
03/05/2023
28/02/2024
02/04/2024
(return)
9660/20
23/06/2020
Marius Ionuţ SANDU
1983
24/11/2021
11/09/2023
23/10/2023
04/12/2023
18/12/2023
(receipt)
17093/20
17/03/2020
Vasile Petru DAVID
1999
21/04/2020
11/09/2023
23/10/2023
04/12/2023
19/12/2023
(receipt)
48517/20
19/05/2021
Petrişor‑Alin
GRIGOREANU
1991
04/04/2022
11/09/2023
23/10/2023
04/12/2023
09/01/2024
(return)
52693/20
30/12/2020
Codruţ‑Beniamin
CIMPOER
1992
06/04/2021
11/09/2023
23/10/2023
04/12/2023
22/12/2023
(return)
53710/20
27/01/2021
Ferdi MUSTAFA
1983
23/03/2021
11/09/2023
23/10/2023
04/12/2023
18/12/2023
(receipt)
54702/20
08/02/2021
Ştefan COTUNĂ
1978
29/09/2021
11/09/2023
23/10/2023
04/12/2023
21/12/2023
(receipt)
54777/20
29/01/2021
Florian‑Alin
AUGUSTIN
1986
01/07/2022
11/09/2023
23/10/2023
04/12/2023
18/12/2023
(receipt)
55813/20
20/01/2021
Georgian‑Ionuţ
MIHALACHE
1997
17/05/2021
11/09/2023
23/10/2023
04/12/2023
22/12/2023
(return)
34077/21
28/07/2021
Gheorghe CONSTANTIN
1980
19/07/2022
11/09/2023
09/10/2023
28/02/2024
26/03/2024
(return)
34294/21
23/07/2021
Barna MEZEI
1986
11/05/2023
11/09/2023
09/10/2023
31/10/2023
08/11/2023
(receipt)
55297/21
12/01/2022
Andrei MOLOCE
1991
07/03/2022
18/10/2023
15/11/2023
19/02/2024
28/02/2024
(receipt)
55325/21
25/02/2022
Ionel MARCU
1990
30/03/2022
18/10/2023
15/11/2023
19/02/2024
18/03/2024
(return)
57414/21
31/01/2022
Constantin‑Viorel
TAPÎRDĂU
1965
04/04/2023
18/10/2023
15/11/2023
19/02/2024
28/02/2024
(receipt)
58176/21
27/12/2021
Romică Cosmin
VÎNĂTORU
1986
23/03/2023
18/10/2023
15/11/2023
19/02/2024
29/02/2024
(receipt)
59668/21
23/12/2021
Vasile‑Mădălin
STANCIU
1996
21/02/2022
18/10/2023
15/11/2023
19/02/2024
09/04/2024
(return)