FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 49596/16
Zoltan-Andrei LORINCZ against Romania
and 20 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 20 January 2022 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 application out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 10 February 2022.
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
49596/16
03/10/2016
Zoltan-Andrei LORINCZ
1990
20/11/2017
22/09/2021
Letter delivered to the recipient on 21/10/2021 according to the official website of the Romania’s Postal Service (Track & trace)
03/11/2021
03/10/2017
50255/16
21/09/2016
Vasile PLECANCIUC
1986
05/10/2017
22/09/2021
Letter delivered to the recipient on 07/12/2021 according to the official website of the Irish Postal Service
03/11/2021
26/01/2017
50844/16
27/09/2016
Silviu-Mădălin TACHE
1979
24/01/2017
22/09/2021
Returned to the Court on 18/10/2021
as unclaimed, the recipient was notified twice, according to the official website of Romania’s Postal Service
03/11/2021
11/01/2017
8451/19
14/10/2019
Gheorghe ŐTVŐS
1983
Eugenia Őtvős
Hunedoara
02/01/2020
26/07/2021
04/06/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant
06/09/2021
25/10/2019
33861/19
31/07/2019
Constantin TOMA
1991
26/04/2021
26/07/2021
06/08/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s mother
06/09/2021
5/11/2020
46113/19
18/12/2019
Aurel-Gheorghe STĂNESCU
1984
24/04/2020
26/07/2021
09/08/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s wife
06/09/2021
11/08/2020
48854/19
17/03/2020
Claudiu FARCAŞ
1981
Claudia Radu
Oradea
10/07/2020
26/07/2021
Returned to the Court on 14/09/2021
as unclaimed, the recipient was notified on 04/08/2021
06/09/2021
02/09/2020
53616/19
29/10/2019
Sorin SPĂTARU
1978
29/10/2019
26/03/2021
09/04/2021
Illegible signature
07/05/2021
07/04/2020
55476/19
16/12/2019
Dan STOIAN
1971
21/10/2020
26/03/2021
06/04/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s aunt
07/05/2021
06/10/2020
58337/19
09/12/2019
Vasilică ODICĂ
1994
10/02/2021
26/07/2021
04/08/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s mother
06/09/2021
01/02/2021
61921/19
19/12/2019
George-Dragomir BOC
1987
07/07/2020
26/03/2021
Letter delivered to the recipient on 05/04/2021 according to the official website of the Romania’s Postal Service (Track & trace)
07/05/2021
16/06/2020
62906/19
18/12/2019
Ion Marian DOBRINAȘI
1979
18/12/2019
26/03/2021
05/04/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s father
07/05/2021
18/02/2020
63086/19
20/01/2020
Geilan ION
1991
20/01/2020
26/03/2021
06/04/2021
Illegible signature
07/05/2021
In detention at Giurgiu Prison
63141/19
20/11/2019
Gavrilă Florin CRISTEA
1979
Nicolae Stoica
Cluj Napoca
29/03/2021
26/03/2021
08/04/2021
Illegible signature
07/05/2021
In detention at Aiud Prison
484/20
27/01/2020
Károly KÖLLÖ
1951
27/01/2020
31/03/2021
12/04/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant
12/05/2021
15/07/2020
3480/20
28/02/2020
George-Gabriel STELIAN
1986
05/03/2020
31/03/2021
13/04/2021
Illegible signature
12/05/2021
29/09/2020
7019/20
26/03/2020
Constantin-Emil SPRÎNCENATU
1995
15/07/2020
31/03/2021
12/04/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s mother
12/05/2021
08/09/2020
10368/20
09/03/2020
Ioan-Lucian MOISĂ
1979
17/08/2020
31/03/2021
13/04/2021
Illegible signature
12/05/2021
In detention at Arad Prison
11692/20
26/03/2020
Iulian-Cristian CANDREA
1977
17/04/2020
31/03/2021
12/04/2021
Signed for receipt
by the applicant’s grandmother
12/05/2021
In detention at Tulcea Prison
11866/20
26/05/2020
Niculae-George CRANTEA
1975
08/09/2020
31/03/2021
12/04/2021
Signed for receipt
by the representative of the prison administration
12/05/2021
In detention at Jilava Prison
15326/20
05/05/2020
Florin-Adi BULEANDRĂ
1986
02/06/2020
31/03/2021
12/04/2021
Signed for receipt
by the representative of the prison administration
12/05/2021
In detention at Rahova Prison