FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 25191/21
Cosmin-Mihai DAN against Romania
and 15 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 16 October 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Anne Louise Bormann, President,
Sebastian Răduleţu,
András Jakab, 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 and the relevant details are set out in the appendix.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law, 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 the applicants’ relatives or were returned to 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 13 November 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Anne Louise Bormann
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
Representative’s name and location
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
25191/21
16/04/2021
Cosmin-Mihai DAN
1998
14/06/2021
26/03/2025
07/05/2025
04/06/2025
Received by the applicant on 18/06/2025
37839/21
20/08/2021
Marian OSIAC
1976
09/04/2025
04/09/2024
16/10/2024
30/04/2025
Received by the prison’s official on 22/05/2025
58319/21
14/10/2021
Silviu-Geroge PEIU
1986
27/10/2021
26/03/2025
07/05/2025
04/06/2025
Returned on 22/07/2025 by Botoșani prison after unsuccessful attempt to send the letter at the applicant’s domicile following the latter’s release.
21478/22
23/05/2022
Emil-Nicolae SZATMARI
1986
02/06/2022
18/03/2024
29/04/2025
22/05/2025
Returned on 11/07/2025 by the Romanian Post as recipient unknown.
21540/22
02/06/2022
Valentin-Marian CHIRILĂ
1989
05/08/2022
03/03/2025
14/04/2025
02/06/2025
Received by the applicant on 18/06/2025
25501/22
06/09/2022
Dănuţ ŢICHELEA
1974
02/11/2022
03/03/2025
14/04/2025
02/06/2025
Returned on 04/07/2025 by the Romanian Post as recipient unknown.
28688/22
18/07/2022
Gheorghe HRIŢCU
1958
29/06/2023
03/03/2025
14/04/2025
02/06/2025
Returned on 17/07/2025 by the Romanian Post as unclaimed.
30609/22
10/11/2022
Ilie-Aurel FAUR
1974
04/04/2024
03/03/2025
14/04/2025
02/06/2025
Received by the applicant on 19/06/2025
32073/22
24/08/2022
Viorel-Ionel RUSU
1991
01/09/2022
03/03/2025
14/04/2025
02/06/2025
Returned on 08/08/2025 by Vaslui prison after unsuccessful attempt to send the letter at the applicant’s domicile following the latter’s release.
41872/22
22/08/2022
Yosef Shmuel MALKA
1963
30/08/2022
03/03/2025
14/04/2025
02/06/2025
Returned on 06/08/2025 by Jilava prison after unsuccessful attempt to send the letter at the applicant’s domicile following the latter’s release.
43236/22
29/08/2022
Alin-Constantin PARASCA
1991
06/01/2023
03/03/2025
14/04/2025
02/06/2025
Received by the applicant on 19/06/2025
45803/22
03/03/2023
Mihai-Adrian MEREŞAN
1994
Ursei Francisc
Caransebes
15/03/2023
18/03/2024
29/04/2025
06/06/2025
Returned on 22/07/2025 by the Romanian Post as unclaimed
51726/22
28/11/2022
Dumitru PARASCHIV
1974
09/02/2023
18/03/2024
29/04/2025
06/06/2025
Returned on 04/07/2025 by the Romanian Post as unknown
54245/22
19/01/2023
Cristi-Marian POPESCU
1988
05/02/2025
03/03/2025
14/04/2025
02/06/2025
Received on 18/06/2025, illegible signature
55841/22
30/12/2022
Claudiu-Felix MARTOCSAN
1996
21/02/2023
18/03/2024
29/04/2025
22/05/2025
Received on 12/06/2025, illegible signature
56785/22
20/01/2023
Nicuşor TARĂU
1987
26/01/2023
18/03/2024
29/04/2025
06/06/2025
Returned on 30/07/2025 by Brăila prison after unsuccessful attempt to send the letter at the applicant’s domicile following the latter’s release.