FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 35204/16
Marius-Sebastian SIMA against Romania
and 10 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 9 December 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 the 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 13 January 2022.
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Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application 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
35204/16
29/09/2016
Marius-Sebastian SIMA
1977
10/08/2018
29/07/2021
Letter returned on 14/09/2021 as “unclaimed”
09/09/2021
28/02/2017
37287/16
22/08/2016
Vasilică CĂMĂRUȚ
1981
20/10/2017
29/07/2021
Handed over on 10/08/2021
(according to information on the website
of the Romanian Post)
09/09/2021
10/10/2017
44521/16
16/09/2016
Laszlo IOVANOVICI
1967
13/07/2017
23/08/2021
Letter returned on 20/10/2021 as “unclaimed”
04/10/2021
20/06/2017
53395/16
04/01/2017
Vasilică CHELARU
1973
17/10/2017
29/07/2021
Letter returned on 14/09/2021 as
“moved from address”
09/09/2021
15/09/2017
55610/16
11/10/2016
Ionel CRISTEA
1978
07/08/2017
29/07/2021
Handed over on 06/08/2021
(according to information on the website
of the Romanian Post)
09/09/2021
04/05/2017
15345/17
09/03/2017
Ionel IRIMIA
1972
18/09/2017
23/08/2021
Letter returned on 12/10/2021 as “unclaimed”
04/10/2021
08/09/2017
67717/17
08/09/2017
Bogdan-Nicolae CIOTÂRNEL
1981
Violeta Oancea
Bucharest
13/09/2017
23/08/2021
Letter returned on 28/10/2021 as “unclaimed”
04/10/2021
30/03/2017
17561/20
20/05/2020
Lazăr STOICA
1976
05/06/2020
23/07/2021
04/08/2021
Illegible signature
03/09/2021
04/06/2020
20364/20
04/08/2020
Cosmin Florea DOMNIŢI
1988
21/08/2020
23/07/2021
03/08/2021
Illegible signature
03/09/2021
23/12/2020
21924/20
31/07/2020
Andrei-Ionel SLABU
1992
13/08/2020
23/07/2021
Handed over on 06/08/2021
(according to information on the website
of the Romanian Post)
03/09/2021
19/09/2020
28807/20
12/08/2020
Valentin-Ionuţ NATU
1993
21/08/2020
23/07/2021
02/08/2021
Illegible signature
03/09/2021
04/10/2020