FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 24693/16
Silvestru GRANCEA against Romania
and 8 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 25 November 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 16 December 2021.
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
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
24693/16
10/08/2016
Silvestru GRANCEA
1973
12/01/2018
17/03/2021
Returned to the Court on
02/04/2021
(according to the official website of Romania’s Postal Service)
28/04/2021
20/03/2019
37660/16
19/07/2016
Vasile ENE
1980
19/07/2016
24/03/2021
Returned to the Court on
20/04/2021
(according to the official website of Romania’s Postal Service)
05/05/2021
15/11/2017
38644/16
26/07/2016
Matei-Dorian AFRIM
1977
01/02/2021
24/03/2021
05/04/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant
05/05/2021
12/12/2017
42452/16
19/07/2016
Remus-Ionel DANO
1990
11/01/2017
01/04/2021
Returned to the Court on
27/04/2021
(according to the official website of Romania’s Postal Service)
13/05/2021
25/04/2019
65992/16
15/12/2016
Doru BRANCU
1964
03/04/2019
23/02/2021
Returned to the Court on
05/04/2021
(according to the official website of Romania’s Postal Service)
06/04/2021
16/05/2017
65030/19
15/01/2020
Constantin PAȘAN
1988
30/01/2020
12/08/2021
Returned to the Court from the address indicated for correspondence on 14/09/2021
23/09/2021
In detention at
Mioveni Prison
3830/20
03/03/2020
Claudiu-Constantin COMAROMI
1989
22/10/2020
14/06/2021
06/07/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant
26/07/2021
14/10/2020
7012/20
12/02/2020
Nelu-Gabriel VANCEA
1996
27/02/2020
12/08/2021
Returned to the Court on
04/10/2021
as “applicant released”.
23/09/2021
18/05/2021
9539/20
10/03/2020
Petre IACOB
1978
05/01/2021
12/08/2021
Returned to the Court as “unclaimed” on 04/10/2021
23/09/2021
02/12/2020