FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 78344/16
Gheorghe CURT against Romania
and 8 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 15 February 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Anja Seibert-Fohr, 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 were either received by the applicants or 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 14 March 2024.
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Viktoriya Maradudina Anja Seibert-Fohr
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
78344/16
27/01/2017
Gheorghe CURT
1982
22/03/2022
05/04/2023
03/05/2023
28/08/2023
05/09/2023
(received)
41149/17
29/05/2017
Aurel NEAGU
1981
20/05/2021
05/04/2023
03/05/2023
02/06/2023
14/06/2023
(received)
20535/20
17/02/2021
Viorel NOVAC
1985
21/04/2021
11/09/2023
23/10/2023
06/11/2023
08/12/2023
(returned)
37811/20
11/05/2021
Daniel-Iosif SIMON
1997
24/01/2023
24/07/2023
21/08/2023
28/09/2023
10/10/2023
(received)
49464/20
06/05/2021
Adrian POTCOVUŢĂ
1959
15/05/2023
24/07/2023
21/08/2023
28/09/2023
10/10/2023
(received)
50098/20
15/01/2021
Vasile AXINTOAEI
1985
25/07/2022
24/07/2023
21/08/2023
28/09/2023
10/10/2023
(received)
54909/20
15/01/2021
Nicolae-Marian LACHE
1994
22/03/2021
24/07/2023
21/08/2023
28/09/2023
13/10/2023
(received)
12282/21
01/04/2021
Nicolae-Gabriel PĂTRU
1994
26/05/2021
24/07/2023
21/08/2023
28/09/2023
10/10/2023
(received)
14437/21
02/11/2021
Ionel MANTEA
1951
05/01/2022
24/07/2023
21/08/2023
28/09/2023
10/10/2023
(received)