FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 46518/16
Daniel-Vasile STANCIU against Romania
and 8 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 1 June 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Tim Eicke, President,
Branko Lubarda,
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 (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. 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 22 June 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Tim Eicke
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 of
submission of
response by the
applicant
Date of the
Court’s
registered
letter
Date of receipt of the
registered letter
Date of the
applicant’s
release from
prison
46518/16
23/09/2016
Daniel-Vasile STANCIU
1974
08/09/2020
02/08/2022
13/09/2022
16/12/2022
30/12/2022
Signed by the applicant
In detention in Mărgineni Prison according to the last applicant’s letter of 08/09/2020
66144/16
10/11/2016
Costel SITEAVU
1967
04/09/2020
15/11/2022
03/01/2023
27/01/2023
08/02/2023
Signed by the applicant
05/05/2020
893/17
19/01/2017
Nicolae PÂRTAN
1985
21/02/2022
21/09/2022
02/11/2022
17/11/2022
25/11/2022
Illegible signature
In detention in Mărgineni Prison according to the Government’s observations of 13/09/2022
909/17
30/01/2017
Ionuț-Virgil SEFER
1994
26/10/2020
02/08/2022
13/09/2022
29/09/2022
01/12/2022
Returned to sender as “unclaimed”
02/03/2021
6061/17
02/02/2017
Mihai SCARLAT
1966
Dorin Vlăsceanu
Ploiești
13/07/2022
27/09/2022
08/11/2022
23/11/2022
02/12/2022
Illegible signature
14/11/2017
19192/17
28/02/2017
Petru LUPU
1971
22/01/2020
21/11/2022
09/01/2023
27/01/2023
27/03/2023
Returned to sender as “unclaimed – the recipient moved abroad”
28/01/2020
38223/17
17/05/2017
Sunai SULIMAN
1977
Andreea-Gabriela Cadar
Galați
07/07/2022
27/09/2022
08/11/2022
23/11/2022
08/12/2022
Signed by the applicant’s representative
05/12/2016
75105/17
16/11/2017
Ernö VARGA
1973
23/06/2022
27/09/2022
08/11/2022
23/11/2022
05/12/2022
Illegible signature
21/12/2021
82262/17
28/11/2017
Silviu HOHOLEA
1981
Andreea-Gabriela Cadar
Galați
07/07/2022
27/09/2022
08/11/2022
23/11/2022
08/12/2022
Signed by the applicant’s representative
29/06/2018