FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 16947/16
Cătălin PANGLICĂ
against Romania
and 13 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 20 May 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).
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 10 June 2021.
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Viktoriya MaradudinaArmen 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
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
16947/16
07/06/2016
Cătălin PANGLICĂ
1984
04/08/2016
17/12/2020
29/12/2020
Signed for receipt by the representative of the prison administration
28/01/2021
In detention at Giurgiu Prison.
27295/16
08/06/2016
Balazs GABOR
1985
26/03/2019
12/01/2021
27/01/2021
Illegible signature
23/02/2021
In detention at Aiud Prison.
27315/16
07/07/2016
Gheorghe PANŢURU
1983
15/09/2020
05/02/2021
16/02/2021
Signed for receipt by the representative of the prison administration
05/03/2021
In detention at Giurgiu Prison.
32774/16
24/06/2016
Vasile MOLDOVAN
1987
31/08/2016
02/02/2021
12/02/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s mother
02/03/2021
19/12/2018
34763/16
04/07/2016
Nicolae CRIȘCA
1973
08/09/2020
05/02/2021
19/02/2021
Signed for receipt by relative
05/03/2021
10/07/2018
37658/16
14/06/2016
Ionuţ-Grigore MATEI
1987
20/12/2016
22/01/2021
08/02/2021
According to the official website of Romania’s Postal Service
19/02/2021
In detention at Drobeta Turnu Severin Prison.
39559/16
16/08/2016
Marian-Gabriel SCHIRGHER
1986
08/09/2020
05/02/2021
15/02/2021
According to the official website of Romania’s Postal Service
05/03/2021
In detention at Giurgiu Prison.
39613/16
18/10/2016
Nicolae MAXIM
1984
18/10/2016
11/01/2021
21/01/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s wife
22/02/2021
According to the information provided by Romanian prison authorities, the applicant is no longer in detention. No information is however available in relation to the date of his release.
40829/16
17/08/2016
Mircea-Adrian CHIOREAN
1988
15/08/2020
05/02/2021
26/02/2021
Illegible signature
05/03/2021
20/03/2018
49750/16
13/09/2016
Nicolae OLTEANU
1959
23/09/2020
05/02/2021
16/02/2021
Signed for receipt by the representative of the prison administration
05/03/2021
In detention at Drobeta Turnu Severin Prison.
50288/16
31/01/2017
Gheorghe-Nicolae MARE
1990
Lacrima-Cristina Stan
Cluj-Napoca
31/01/2017
02/09/2020
The letter sent to the applicant’s representative, a lawyer, returned to the Court as “unclaimed” on 22/09/2020
14/10/2020
In detention at Bistrița Prison.
60316/16
04/11/2016
Marcel LACZI
1987
29/10/2020
05/02/2021
18/02/2021
Signed for receipt by the applicant
05/03/2021
In detention at Bistrița Prison.
60526/16
14/10/2016
Ion BRĂNESCU
1977
05/09/2019
05/02/2021
16/02/2021
Signed for receipt by the representative of the prison administration
05/03/2021
In detention at Arad Prison
29791/17
08/05/2017
Nicolae BISTRAN
1959
08/05/2017
22/01/2021
15/02/2021
Returned to the Court according to the official website of Romania’s Postal Service
19/02/2021
24/04/2019
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