FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 39952/16
Costan LĂCĂTUȘ against Romania
and 2 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 5 November 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Armen Harutyunyan, President,
Jolien Schukking,
Ana Maria Guerra Martins, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.
By letters sent by registered post on the dates indicated in the appended table, the applicants were invited to inform the Court about any developments or changes in their situation at the domestic level. The applicants’ attention was 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) and there are no previous letters from the applicants informing the Court about a change of address. All the 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 26 November 2020.
Liv TigerstedtArmen 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
Date of the
Court’s
registered letter
Date of receipt of
the registered letter
Time-limit for submission
by the applicant of the
information requested
Date of the applicant’s
release from prison indicated by the
Government
39952/16
04/10/2016
Costan LĂCĂTUȘ
1987
06/01/2017
12/02/2020
Returned to the Court as
“recipient moved” on 19/02/2020
11/03/2020
15/11/2017
47693/16
10/10/2016
Lucian AANEI
1974
09/02/2017
12/02/2020
18/02/2020
Illegible signature
11/03/2020
23/02/2018
51035/16
21/09/2016
Marian PANAITE
1990
10/01/2017
12/02/2020
Returned to the Court as
“recipient unknown”
on 21/02/2020
11/03/2020
24/04/2018
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