FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 34803/16
Vasile COEV against Romania
and 15 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 15 October 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. All applicants, except it would seem the applicant in application no. 56607/16, 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 5 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
Date 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
34803/16
30/06/2016
Vasile COEV
26/08/1987
30/06/2020
14/07/2020
Letter returned as “recipient moved”
11/08/2020
14/11/2017
36374/16
16/08/2016
Adrian ȘINCARU
19/08/1975
30/06/2020
20/07/2020
Signed by the applicant
11/08/2020
11/04/2018
40696/16
12/08/2016
Vasile-Cristinel BUTACU
15/11/1969
22/06/2020
10/07/2020
Illegible signature
03/08/2020
27/02/2018
41863/16
16/12/2016
Sorin-Daniel SIMA
26/05/1986
16/06/2020
29/06/2020
Letter returned as “recipient moved”
28/07/2020
19/03/2019
45650/16
02/09/2016
Dorin-Ionel CRĂCIUN
30/09/1986
25/06/2020
09/07/2020
Signed by the applicant’s mother
06/08/2020
01/10/2019
46420/16
29/08/2016
Claudiu-Petru SERDEAN
21/07/1978
25/06/2020
08/07/2020
Illegible signature
06/08/2020
21/11/2017
46421/16
14/09/2016
Dumitru TITILIA
29/09/1970
25/06/2020
06/07/2020
Illegible signature
06/08/2020
23/04/2019
46716/16
09/11/2016
Daniel BĂLAN
21/03/1982
25/06/2020
07/07/2020
Illegible signature
06/08/2020
17/04/2019
47697/16
16/09/2016
Petre-Cristian BRÎNZEA
04/11/1964
25/06/2020
15/07/2020
Letter returned as “unclaimed”
06/08/2020
18/07/2018
56607/16
11/10/2016
Alexandru IONIŢĂ
24/08/1984
25/06/2020
13/07/2020
Letter returned from the home address (indicated as correspondence address in the application form) as “incomplete address”
06/08/2020
-
61547/16
16/01/2017
Gheorghe GĂVENEA
23/08/1968
25/06/2020
08/07/2020
Signed by the applicant’s mother
06/08/2020
06/02/2018
61551/16
21/03/2017
Costel IORDACHE
14/05/1986
25/06/2020
07/07/2020
Signed by the applicant’s mother
06/08/2020
19/10/2017
62086/16
28/11/2016
George Cristian ENE
05/07/1987
25/06/2020
03/07/2020
Signed by the applicant’s mother
06/08/2020
06/02/2018
62646/16
17/11/2016
Fănel CUMPĂNAȘU
12/11/1980
25/06/2020
06/07/2020
Signed by the applicant’s brother
06/08/2020
10/08/2018
62805/16
21/11/2016
Ionuț CASAPU
24/02/1981
25/06/2020
06/07/2020
Signed by the applicant’s brother
06/08/2020
11/06/2018
63078/16
23/11/2016
Lucian PETRE
21/11/1987
25/06/2020
03/07/2020
Illegible signature
06/08/2020
19/06/2019
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