FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 25744/16
Ștefan-Alexandru NIȚĂ against Romania
and 11 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 21 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 18 November 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
New time-limit for
submission of observations
by the applicant
Date of the applicant’s
release from prison
25744/16
24/06/2016
Ștefan-Alexandru NIȚĂ
1991
28/04/2017
24/03/2021
07/04/2021
Illegible signature
05/05/2021
01/11/2017
41371/16
28/09/2016
Costică BÎGU
1963
Ovidiu Chiriac
Brașov
28/09/2016
01/06/2021
A first letter sent to the applicant’s representative was handed over to the representative’s mother on 21/10/2020
The letter sent to the applicant was signed for receipt on 16/06/2021
Illegible signature
13/07/2021
07/11/2018
41422/16
29/08/2016
Marius-Daniel ȚIȚIRIGĂ
1989
21/11/2016
01/04/2021
14/04/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s mother
13/05/2021
16/10/2018
43193/16
25/08/2016
Mihai CÂRMACIU
1975
25/08/2016
01/04/2021
14/04/2021
Illegible signature
13/05/2021
In detention in Vaslui Prison according to the Government’s observations of 20/01/2020
36514/18
22/04/2019
Nicolae Dănuț DĂNCEANU
1975
22/04/2019
09/04/2021
19/04/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant
21/05/2021
19/11/2019
50042/18
13/12/2018
Doru-Claudiu TURȘII
1993
13/12/2018
09/04/2021
19/04/2021
Illegible signature
21/05/2021
10/04/2019
2365/19
30/01/2019
Ionuț STAMATE
1997
02/04/2019
09/04/2021
20/04/2021
Illegible signature
21/05/2021
In detention in Giurgiu Prison according to the Government’s observations of 19/10/2020
5927/19
28/02/2019
Florin-Andrei GHEREBEN
1988
28/02/2019
31/05/2021
14/06/2021
Illegible signature
12/07/2021
02/04/2020
28344/19
19/08/2019
Ion-Marius MIRIȚĂ
1986
18/06/2020
14/04/2021
27/04/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s father
26/05/2021
18/05/2020
33641/19
10/06/2019
Ion-Cornel NILĂ
1980
17/09/2020
09/04/2021
19/04/2021
Illegible signature
21/05/2021
09/07/2019
61924/19
24/12/2019
Alin-Ionel CRISTEA
1980
03/03/2020
31/05/2021
15/06/2021
Signed for receipt by the Arad Prison’s representative
12/07/2021
In detention in Arad Prison according to the Government’s observations of 15/01/2021
7595/20
18/02/2020
Gheorghe CÎRSTOV
1981
27/04/2020
20/04/2021
28/04/2021
Signed for receipt by the Craiova Prison’s representative
01/06/2021
In detention in Craiova Prison according to the Government’s
observations of 19/10/2020