FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 41993/22
Florin MOLDOVAN against Romania
and 11 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 4 June 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Anne Louise Bormann, President,
András Jakab,
Corinna Wissels, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications against Romania lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe list of the applicants and the relevant details are 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. The observations were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations (see the appended table for the relevant dates). No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.
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) and that no extension of time had been requested. 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. The registered letters were either received by the applicants, their relatives, or the prison authorities, or were returned to the Court (see details in the appended table). There are no previous letters from the applicants informing the Court about a change of address.
THE LAWHaving 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, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications.
Accordingly, the cases should be struck 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 25 June 2026.
Viktoriya Maradudina Anne Louise Bormann
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 Court’s
registered letter
Date of receipt
of the registered letter
1.
41993/22
29/09/2022
Florin MOLDOVAN
1985
08/07/2025
28/07/2025
Signed for receipt by the applicant
2.
42395/22
22/09/2022
Mircea-Ionuţ IASCIUC
1992
28/08/2025
15/09/2025
Illegible signature
3.
44486/22
10/10/2022
Radu-Samir DRĂGAN
1994
20/11/2025
Returned to the Court on 16/01/2026
with mention “unclaimed”
4.
49376/22
11/10/2022
Daniel MUNTEAN
1974
19/12/2025
05/01/2026
Illegible signature
5.
23859/23
07/07/2023
Marian Cezar PANAIT
1969
05/11/2025
21/11/2025
Illegible signature
6.
25521/23
31/08/2023
Ion-Andrei OPREA
2000
05/11/2025
Delivered to the recipient on 21/11/2025
(according to the Romanian Post Tracking System)
7.
25992/23
01/08/2023
Constantin VEZETEU
1949
05/11/2025
24/11/2025
Signed for receipt by a relative of the applicant
8.
29554/23
13/07/2023
Alexandru-Ionuţ BĂDOI
1999
05/11/2025
Delivered to the recipient on 21/11/2025
(according to the Romanian Post Tracking System)
9.
30816/23
09/02/2024
Marian LĂCĂTUŞ
1976
05/11/2025
24/11/2025
Signed for receipt by a relative of the applicant
10.
36767/23
15/01/2024
Nicolae-Emanuel PLEŞA
1995
19/12/2025
Returned to the Court on 09/02/2026
with mention “unclaimed”
11.
37192/23
13/11/2023
Ioan BUCUREŞTEANU
1954
05/11/2025
Delivered to the recipient on 21/11/2025
(according to the Romanian Post Tracking System)
12.
39254/23
04/12/2023
Ioan-Bertzi COVACIU
1998
05/11/2025
25/11/2025
Signed for receipt by the Gherla prison’s authorities