FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 27906/16
Grigore MANOLE against Romania
and 20 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 7 October 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) and there are no previous letters from the applicants informing the Court about a change of address.
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 28 October 2021.
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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
Time-limit for
submission of observations by the applicant
Date of the applicant’s release from prison
27906/16
12/10/2016
Grigore MANOLE
1990
26/04/2017
06/05/2021
02/06/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant
17/06/2021
29/03/2018
31825/16
18/07/2016
Nelu-Dorinel PLETOSU
1993
09/12/2016
01/04/2021
13/04/2021
Illegible signature
13/05/2021
08/11/2017
31873/16
07/10/2016
Mihăiță-Claudiu SLABU
1990
05/07/2017
28/04/2021
13/05/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant
09/06/2021
29/11/2016
38027/16
11/08/2016
Vasile MOLDOVAN
1966
29/06/2017
28/04/2021
12/05/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s mother
09/06/2021
30/05/2017
40849/16
08/08/2016
Vasile-Nicolae BĂNICĂ
1963
07/04/2017
23/04/2021
10/05/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s spouse
04/06/2021
22/03/2017
47752/16
05/09/2016
Ion CĂLIN
1988
11/10/2016
18/06/2021
06/07/2021
Signed for receipt by the Tulcea Prison representative
30/07/2021
In detention in Tulcea Prison according to the Government’s observations of 13/02/2020
64662/16
01/11/2016
Toma-Romulus OBREJAN
1962
Robert Mihail
Moreni
07/11/2016
06/05/2021
19/05/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s representative
17/06/2021
In detention in Mioveni Prison according to the Government’s observations of 06/11/2020
69445/16
09/02/2017
Samuel-Paul OPRE
1991
Valentin Radu
Baia Mare
30/06/2017
30/04/2021
11/05/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s representative
11/06/2021
04/10/2016
73482/16
27/12/2016
Alexandru-Daniel CONDUROVICI
1985
03/09/2020
06/05/2021
20/05/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s mother
17/06/2021
05/11/2019
2448/17
20/01/2017
Pompilian MIHAI
1975
20/07/2017
23/04/2021
13/05/2021
Signed for receipt by a relative
04/06/2021
21/02/2017
19389/18
01/08/2018
Ilie-Marius PUȘCAȘU
1978
06/03/2020
20/04/2021
07/05/2021
Signed for receipt by the Botoșani Prison representative
01/06/2021
In detention in Botoșani Prison according to the Government’s observations of 20/10/2020
28648/18
29/08/2018
János-Loránt MÁRKUS
1968
29/08/2018
06/05/2021
26/05/2021
Illegible signature
17/06/2021
06/11/2018
306/19
13/02/2019
Laurențiu CHIRU
1988
15/05/2019
09/04/2021
19/04/2021
Signed for receipt by the Mărgineni Prison representative
21/05/2021
In detention in Mărgineni Prison according to the Government’s observations of 19/10/2020
1366/19
11/02/2019
Nicolae ENCICĂ
1980
19/08/2020
09/04/2021
13/04/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant
21/05/2021
10/10/2020
10611/19
20/03/2019
Gheorghe NIȚĂ
1973
20/03/2019
09/04/2021
22/04/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s stepmother
21/05/2021
17/04/2019
18813/19
08/08/2019
Romeo STOICA
1981
27/07/2020
09/04/2021
22/04/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant
21/05/2021
19/03/2020
20194/19
14/06/2019
Ion DRAGOMIR
1979
Marin Burdușel
Mioveni
16/10/2019
18/06/2021
20/04/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s representative
02/07/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant
30/07/2021
18/02/2020
45789/19
18/09/2019
Gheorghe-Marian SEIN
1975
17/08/2020
20/04/2021
29/04/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant
01/06/2021
04/08/2020
59685/19
04/12/2019
Endre DERZSI
1979
13/12/2019
14/06/2021
07/08/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant
26/07/2021
In detention in Miercurea Ciuc Prison according to the Government’s observations of 14/01/2021
59698/19
16/12/2019
Iancu GUȚESCU
1977
11/01/2021
14/06/2021
12/07/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant
26/07/2021
22/12/2020
5053/20
19/02/2020
Alin TIFOIU
1981
21/04/2020
20/04/2021
04/05/2021
Signed for receipt by the Slobozia Prison representative
01/06/2021
In detention in Slobozia Prison according to the Government’s observations of 19/10/2020