FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 17757/16
Ionel Florin GĂLUȚI against Romania
and 8 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 18 February 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 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 11 March 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 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
17757/16
26/05/2016
Ionel Florin GĂLUȚI
1974
05/03/2020
14/10/2020
20/10/2020
Signed by the Drobeta Turnu-Severin Prison’s representative
25/11/2020
In detention at Drobeta Turnu-Severin Prison
23103/16
03/06/2016
Cristian-George PUŞCAŞU
1979
27/05/2019
14/10/2020
19/10/2020
Signed by the Rahova Prison’s representative
25/11/2020
In detention at Rahova Prison
25217/16
28/06/2016
Florin ERIȘ
1977
09/10/2019
14/10/2020
21/10/2020
Signed by the Arad Prison’s representative
25/11/2020
In detention at Arad Prison
27104/16
03/06/2016
Tudor DUMITRU
1978
10/06/2016
14/10/2020
20/10/2020
Signed by the applicant’s grandmother
25/11/2020
14/03/2018
33723/16
25/07/2016
Dumitru-Mihai RĂDUCU
1976
02/08/2016
14/10/2020
20/10/2020
Signed by the applicant’s mother
25/11/2020
06/02/2018
35350/16
25/08/2016
Marius IORDAN
1991
25/02/2019
14/10/2020
21/10/2020
Signed by the Arad Prison’s representative
25/11/2020
In detention at Arad Prison
879/17
14/03/2017
Ioan-Dragomir RAD
1984
24/03/2017
12/10/2020
28/10/2020
Signed by the applicant’s sister
(letter sent to home address, specifically indicated for correspondence by the applicant)
23/11/2020
In detention at Târgu‑Mureș Prison
2389/17
06/02/2017
Florian ION
1984
10/02/2017
12/10/2020
26/10/2020
Signed by the Târgu-Jiu Prison’s representative
23/11/2020
In detention at Târgu‑Jiu Prison
21715/17
05/04/2017
Narcis Mihăiță AGA
1991
12/04/2017
14/10/2020
22/10/2020
Signed by the applicant
25/11/2020
06/10/2019
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