FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 833/22
Vasile SINGURELU against Romania
and 18 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 7 May 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Anne Louise Bormann, President,
Sebastian Răduleţu,
András Jakab, 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 (see the appended table for the relevant dates). 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. The registered letters either were received by the applicants or were returned to 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 28 May 2025.
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
Representative’s name and location
Date of the applicant’s last letter to the Court
Date of sending Government’s observations to the applicant
Time-limit for submission of response by the applicant
Date of the Court’s registered letter
Date of receipt/return of the registered letter
833/22
28/02/2022
Vasile SINGURELU
2000
29/06/2022
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
23/12/2024
Signed by the detention facility representative
5017/22
18/02/2022
Adrian BRĂTULESCU
1977
28/03/2022
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
13/12/2024
Illegible signature
11223/22
03/05/2022
Ionel-Liviu BURGHELEA
1974
05/04/2024
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
12/12/2024
Signed by the applicant’s mother
17125/22
03/05/2022
Gabriel URSU
1983
11/03/2024
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
18/12/2024
Illegible signature
24114/22
14/07/2022
Lucian PORUMB
1979
01/09/2022
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
17/12/2024
Signed by the detention facility representative
25713/22
08/07/2022
Emanuel-Sandu URSU
1980
10/10/2022
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
19/12/2024
Illegible signature
30760/22
08/08/2022
Florin-Gabriel ȘERBAN
1991
16/08/2022
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
Handed over on 24/12/2024
(according to the Romanian Post Tracking System)
32376/22
22/11/2022
Vicu TURCA
1965
28/11/2022
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
16/12/2024
Signed by the person assigned to receive the correspondence
33944/22
17/08/2022
Denis-Alin BARBU
1991
28/09/2022
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
28/01/2025
Illegible signature
34362/22
06/07/2022
Florin-Daniel CZANCA
1995
02/11/2022
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
17/12/2024
Signed by the detention facility representative
35375/22
26/09/2022
Constantin SANDU
1995
11/03/2023
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
13/12/2024
Signed by the applicant’s sister-in-law
36006/22
12/09/2022
Marian-Ionel BĂLAȘA
1992
02/11/2022
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
13/12/2024
Illegible signature
37023/22
16/08/2022
Leonard MOȚĂȚĂIANU
1957
19/09/2022
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
12/12/2024
Signed by the person assigned to receive the correspondence
37140/22
08/09/2022
Cosmin GRAURE
1995
08/10/2024
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
13/12/2024
Illegible signature
13/12/2024
Illegible signature
37301/22
22/08/2022
Aurel-Marian NICA
1985
30/08/2022
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
Handed over on 13/12/2024
(according to the Romanian Post Tracking System)
38210/22
01/09/2022
Gheorghe-Valentin MĂLAI
1988
Mărioara Mălai
Casolt
02/11/2022
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
18/12/2024
Illegible signature
38350/22
16/09/2022
Teodor-Victor SCHIOP
1973
22/09/2022
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
30/12/2024
Illegible signature
16/12/2024
Signed by the applicant’s mother
39918/22
03/10/2022
Cătălin LINCĂ
1984
Viorel Marin
Tandarei
10/10/2022
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
13/12/2024
Signed by a relative of the applicant
40740/22
19/09/2022
Nicolae-Florin POP
1998
09/11/2022
03/10/2024
14/11/2024
05/12/2024
24/12/2024
Signed by the detention facility representative