FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 14457/21
Florin STĂNESCU against Romania
and 20 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 21 May 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Anne Louise Bormann, President,
András Jakab,
Corinna Wissels, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications against Romania lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe list of the applicants and the relevant details are 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 to the Registry’s letter.
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) and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicants’ attention was 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 were either received by the applicants or the applicants’ relatives or by the prison’s authorities (see details in the appended table).
THE LAWHaving 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, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications.
Accordingly, the cases should be struck 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 11 June 2026.
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
Date of time-limit for submission of response by the applicant
Date of the Court’s registered letter
Date of receipt/return of the registered letter
14457/21
08/04/2021
Florin STĂNESCU
1995
03/09/2021
18/06/2025
30/07/2025
19/12/2025
Returned as “unclaimed” on 03/02/2026
1268/22
20/12/2021
Nicu-Valentin ALECU
1977
25/04/2022
30/06/2025
11/08/2025
03/12/2025
16/12/2025
10222/22
14/03/2022
Petrică PĂUN
1978
17/05/2024
30/06/2025
11/08/2025
03/12/2025
16/12/2025
11397/22
16/03/2022
Marian-Simon BOZOMALĂ
1993
14/03/2023
30/06/2025
11/08/2025
03/12/2025
17/12/2025
14325/22
19/04/2022
Sorin-George ABABEI
1984
12/01/2023
30/06/2025
11/08/2025
03/12/2025
22/12/2025
18128/22
18/05/2022
Petru IONICĂ
2000
27/06/2022
25/03/2025
06/05/2025
02/12/2025
15/12/2025
18129/22
27/05/2022
Pardalian DIMA
1989
25/07/2022
31/03/2025
12/05/2025
20/11/2025
02/12/2025
33556/22
01/07/2022
Dorel-Romeo POP
1980
01/07/2022
18/06/2025
30/07/2025
19/12/2025
05/01/2026
34595/22
05/09/2022
Constantin ILAŞCU
1976
05/09/2022
21/01/2025
04/03/2025
16/05/2025
10/06/2025
40739/22
16/09/2022
Alexandru VARGA
1996
04/07/2023
06/06/2025
18/07/2025
21/10/2025
22/12/2025
41672/22
19/10/2022
János GÁBOR
1982
02/12/2022
06/06/2025
18/07/2025
21/10/2025
16/12/2025
45044/22
31/10/2022
Ion LINGURAR
1949
14/07/2023
06/06/2025
18/07/2025
21/10/2025
15/12/2025
47375/22
28/10/2022
Dumitru-Daniel STĂNOIU
1989
05/01/2023
06/06/2025
18/07/2025
21/10/2025
30/12/2025
48151/22
15/11/2022
Stelică STANCIU
1976
22/11/2023
06/06/2025
18/07/2025
21/10/2025
15/12/2025
53673/22
03/01/2023
Attila-Ottó PUPÁK
1986
22/11/2023
06/06/2025
18/07/2025
21/10/2025
Returned as “unclaimed” on 02/03/2026
54792/22
20/12/2022
Florin Adrian IVAN
1997
12/12/2023
06/06/2025
18/07/2025
21/10/2025
16/12/2025
57301/22
27/02/2023
Petrică-Liviu PRICOP
1992
Pricop Florin
Corni
29/08/2023
06/06/2025
18/07/2025
21/10/2025
18/12/2025
8661/23
16/05/2023
Alexandru-Marin NICOLICIOIU
1998
05/08/2024
06/06/2025
18/07/2025
21/10/2025
23/12/2025
9694/23
20/02/2023
Lazăr IFRIM
1937
30/03/2023
06/06/2025
18/07/2025
21/10/2025
16/12/2025
20880/23
16/06/2023
Marin MOTIŞAN
1993
13/09/2023
12/07/2025
23/08/2025
20/10/2025
Returned as “unclaimed” on 12/12/2025
41780/23
27/12/2023
Ion ANDREIAS
1968
27/12/2023
06/10/2025
17/11/2025
03/12/2025
Returned as “unclaimed” on 21/01/2026