FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 39590/16
Adrian Ștefan CORAVU against Romania
and 4 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 11 March 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 letters also set a new time-limit for the submission of the observations by the applicants. 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).
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 1 April 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
Date of the applicant’s last letter
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
Post-communication comments (for internal use only)
39590/16
22/08/2016
Adrian Ștefan CORAVU
1993
26/08/2016
12/10/2020
28/10/2020
Handed over to the recipient
according to the information on
the official website of the Romanian Postal Service
23/11/2020
07/05/2018
42117/16
03/08/2016
Ilie-Cristian BARBU
1986
07/10/2016
12/10/2020
27/10/2020
Handed over to the recipient
according to the information on
the official website of the Romanian Postal Service
23/11/2020
19/06/2019
42311/16
11/08/2016
George-Robert MARIN
1990
03/11/2016
08/10/2020
02/11/2020
Handed over to the recipient
according to the information on
the official website of the Romanian Postal Service
19/11/2020
12/09/2018
66770/16
05/01/2017
Ionel MITU
1972
03/09/2020
08/10/2020
22/10/2020
Handed over to the recipient
according to the information on
the official website of the Romanian Postal Service
19/11/2020
In detention at Tulcea Prison
According to the applicant’s letter of 03/09/2020, he was still in detention at Tulcea Prison at the time.
71601/16
12/01/2017
Lucian HODREA
1990
24/01/2017
12/10/2020
03/11/2020
Handed over to the recipient
according to the information on
the official website of the Romanian Postal Service
23/11/2020
14/02/2018
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