FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 44810/16
Costică STATE against Romania
and 24 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 1 February 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Anja Seibert-Fohr, President,
Anne Louise Bormann,
Sebastian Răduleţu, 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). 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 February 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Anja Seibert-Fohr
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
44810/16
06/09/2016
Costică STATE
1959
31/08/2020
09/06/2023
21/07/2023
20/09/2023
28/09/2023
46996/16
20/09/2016
Florentina PARASCHIV
1979
22/10/2020
28/07/2022
08/09/2022
10/10/2023
18/10/2023
47818/16
12/09/2016
Ion MANEA
1957
06/01/2021
04/08/2022
15/09/2022
10/10/2023
27/10/2023
56595/16
05/12/2016
Florin NECULA
1970
19/04/2021
04/08/2022
15/09/2022
10/10/2023
19/10/2023
74245/16
17/01/2017
Claudiu-Sorin SADAI
1982
26/02/2019
09/08/2023
20/09/2023
16/10/2023
26/10/2023
5226/17
05/01/2017
Nicolae STOICA
1984
02/06/2022
09/06/2023
21/07/2023
20/09/2023
Returned as “unclaimed” on 16/11/2023
21332/17
05/04/2017
Alexandru MARIN
1982
05/04/2017
19/06/2020
31/07/2020
14/10/2020
19/11/2020
3493/18
28/12/2017
Gabriel-Corneliu NOVACESCU
1973
22/03/2021
09/06/2023
21/07/2023
20/09/2023
28/09/2023
45269/18
12/09/2018
Constantin JUGĂNARU
1949
Tudor George Laurenţiu
Bucharest
12/05/2021
09/06/2023
21/07/2023
20/09/2023
28/09/2023
64271/19
05/05/2020
Mirel PUŢOIU
1984
31/07/2022
09/06/2023
21/07/2023
20/09/2023
28/09/2023
33232/20
26/08/2020
Marius BUDI
1999
10/11/2020
18/08/2023
29/09/2023
20/10/2023
03/11/2023
35537/20
10/09/2020
Ionel CIOTEA
1977
20/10/2021
18/08/2023
29/09/2023
20/10/2023
03/11/2023
36098/20
11/02/2021
Paraschiv BRAN
1962
02/06/2021
21/03/2023
02/05/2023
28/09/2023
10/10/2023
36099/20
14/09/2020
Tibor MAJLÁT
1991
16/01/2023
18/08/2023
29/09/2023
20/10/2023
03/11/2023
39844/20
22/01/2021
Constantin PÂRVULESCU
1987
09/03/2021
08/06/2023
20/07/2023
25/09/2023
03/10/2023
44027/20
04/11/2020
Gheorghe BOZ
1994
03/02/2022
08/06/2023
20/07/2023
15/09/2023
Returned as “unclaimed” on 17/11/2023
48245/20
02/12/2020
Ionel CĂLIN
1988
22/11/2021
08/06/2023
20/07/2023
25/09/2023
Returned as “recipient moved from address” on 10/11/2023
48375/20
26/11/2020
Iosif VANCSA
1976
26/11/2020
08/06/2023
20/07/2023
25/09/2023
Returned as “recipient moved from address” on 10/11/2023
49444/20
14/12/2020
Ghiunaidîn MUSTAFA
1991
16/03/2021
08/06/2023
20/07/2023
15/09/2023
Returned as “unclaimed” on 16/11/2023
49858/20
29/10/2020
Daniel-Gheorghe BOGONOS
1979
22/11/2021
08/06/2023
20/07/2023
25/09/2023
Returned as “unclaimed” on 27/11/2023
50278/20
22/12/2020
Florin GANEA
1983
08/08/2022
08/06/2023
20/07/2023
25/09/2023
04/10/2023
52922/20
04/01/2021
Gheorghe VOICU
1987
24/02/2021
08/06/2023
20/07/2023
25/09/2023
04/10/2023
52983/20
06/01/2021
Aurel GUGULAN
1973
23/03/2021
08/06/2023
20/07/2023
25/09/2023
Returned as “unclaimed” on 16/11/2023
53696/20
04/01/2021
Radu TUDOR
1997
04/01/2021
08/06/2023
20/07/2023
25/09/2023
03/10/2023
55294/20
10/12/2020
Georgel-Cornel HÎRJANU
1990
10/02/2021
08/06/2023
20/07/2023
25/09/2023
02/10/2023