FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 6384/17
Ilie PĂUN against Romania
and 3 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 25 March 2021 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 15 April 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
Name of representative, where relevant
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
6384/17
27/03/2017
Ilie PĂUN
1962
Represented by
Marius Gabriel Ilie Petre
Bucharest
04/04/2017
19/11/2020
03/12/2020
Signed by the applicant’s father
04/01/2021
16/05/2019
12292/17
06/03/2017
Constantin-Alin VELIȘCU
1988
02/04/2019
19/11/2020
03/12/2020
Signed by Craiova Prison representative
04/01/2021
In detention in Craiova Prison
13142/17
25/04/2017
Mihai-Constantin NEAGU
1987
Represented by
Marius Ivănescu
Bucharest
02/05/2017
19/11/2020
07/12/2021
Illegible signature
04/01/2021
12/01/2019
17438/17
09/02/2017
Cristinel BULANCEA
1981
11/05/2020
19/11/2020
07/12/2020
Handed over to the recipient
(according to information
on the website of the
Romanian Post)
04/01/2021
05/02/2020
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