FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 18348/16
Florin-Stelian STERCU against Romania
and 3 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 3 September 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President,
Georges Ravarani,
Jolien Schukking, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations.
By letters sent by registered post, the applicants were notified that the time allowed for the submission of their observations or of certain requested information 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 a change of address. All the applicants have been released from prison.
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 24 September 2020.
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Liv TigerstedtStéphanie Mourou-Vikström
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
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
Date of birth
Date of the Court’s
registered letter
Date of receipt of the
registered letter
Time-limit for submission by the applicant of the information requested
Date of the applicant’s
release from prison
18348/16
25/03/2016
Florin-Stelian STERCU
17/04/1976
21/11/2019
04/12/2019
Signed by the applicant
06/01/2020
03/09/2018
18996/16
28/04/2016
Vasile-Alexandru BATARAGĂ
14/12/1989
21/11/2019
28/11/2019
Signed by the applicant’s mother
06/01/2020
17/07/2018
26077/16
30/05/2016
Bogdan-Cosmin COJOCARU
09/08/1983
21/11/2019
29/11/2019
Signed by the applicant
06/01/2020
30/05/2018
33407/16
07/06/2016
Ionuţ MARIN
21/08/1984
21/11/2019
28/11/2019
Signed by the applicant’s mother
06/01/2020
27/11/2018
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