FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 62721/16
Romeo DRĂGOI against Romania
and 7 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 20 January 2022 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 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). All applicants 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 10 February 2022.
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Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan
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 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
62721/16
21/11/2016
Romeo DRĂGOI
1981
13/09/2017
31/08/2021
07/09/2021
Signed by a relative
12/10/2021
29/08/2017
2319/17
17/03/2017
Ionel-Cristinel IRIMESCU
1982
22/03/2017
09/08/2021
24/08/2021
Signed by a relative
20/09/2021
08/03/2017
10562/17
27/02/2017
Angela BĂRBIERU
1967
29/05/2018
09/08/2021
12/10/2021
Returned: “unclaimed”
20/09/2021
04/04/217
10784/17
27/02/2017
Carmen-Ioana POPESCU
1974
10/04/2017
09/08/2021
18/08/2021
Illegible signature
20/09/2021
04/04/2017
12025/17
07/06/2017
Ionel NENU
1988
14/06/2017
09/08/2021
14/09/2021
Returned: “out of town”
20/09/2021
09/05/2017
12690/17
13/03/2017
Costin VIŞAN
1978
28/03/2017
31/08/2021
14/09/2021
Returned: “moved from address”
12/10/2021
14/03/2017
56841/17
26/07/2017
Viorel KANOLOS
1973
Marius-Sorin Moldovan
Cluj-Napoca
24/10/2017
09/08/2021
25/08/2021
Illegible signature
20/09/2021
01/02/2017
64151/17
24/08/2017
Mihai George SÎNTION
1982
27/09/2017
09/08/2021
18/08/2021
Illegible signature
20/09/2021
13/04/2017