FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 26011/16
Mircea STROIA against Romania
and 13 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 14 September 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Faris Vehabović, President,
Anja Seibert-Fohr,
Anne Louise Bormann, 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.
The registered letters were received by the applicants (see details in the appended table). No reply to these letters has been received by the Court 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 5 October 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Faris Vehabović
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
26011/16
15/06/2016
Mircea STROIA
1981
09/03/2021
28/02/2023
11/04/2023
22/05/2023
30/05/2023
Signed by the prison representative
33435/16
25/05/2016
Tiberiu PORCAR
1975
15/12/2020
04/08/2022
15/09/2022
15/05/2023
24/05/2023
Signed by the applicant’s wife
37385/16
03/10/2016
Marian ALBU
1972
27/04/2021
10/03/2023
21/04/2023
02/06/2023
12/06/2023
Illegible signature
39162/16
01/08/2016
Gigel BOGDAN
1985
13/01/2021
28/02/2023
11/04/2023
22/05/2023
31/05/2023
Signed by the prison representative
39432/16
01/08/2016
Vasile GRIGORE
1987
03/06/2022
28/02/2023
11/04/2023
22/05/2023
Handed over on 02/06/2023
(according to the Romanian Post Tracking System)
43996/16
13/09/2016
Marius-Stelian PETRESCU
1970
7/09/2020
28/02/2023
11/04/2023
22/05/2023
30/05/2023
Signed by the prison representative
48567/16
08/08/2016
Daniel-Ciprian DOBOȘ
1983
Tonică Daniela
Husi
3/09/2020
28/02/2023
11/04/2023
22/05/2023
22/05/2023
Downloaded from the Court’s Electronic Communication Service platform (eComms) by the representative
66150/16
20/01/2017
Vasile Cristian LUPU
1988
22/03/2022
28/02/2023
11/04/2023
22/05/2023
06/06/2023
Signed by the prison representative
7684/17
21/04/2017
Iulian GHERASIM
1980
28/03/2022
04/08/2022
15/09/2022
15/05/2023
26/05/2023
Illegible signature
10980/17
27/02/2017
Gheorghiță MALANCA
1979
15/09/2020
28/02/2023
11/04/2023
22/05/2023
Handed over on 31/05/2023
(according to the Romanian Post Tracking System)
24199/17
24/07/2017
Ion DODU
1966
09/05/2022
04/08/2022
15/09/2022
15/05/2023
24/05/2023
Illegible signature
23165/18
09/05/2018
Ioana FLOREA
1973
24/01/2023
22/02/2023
05/04/2023
22/05/2023
31/05/2023
Signed by the applicant
36075/18
18/07/2018
Zeno TOBU
1970
24/02/2021
22/02/2023
05/04/2023
22/05/2023
09/06/2023
Signed by the applicant’s mother
42138/18
29/08/2018
Adrian GHERGHE
1971
17/02/2021
22/02/2023
05/04/2023
22/05/2023
30/05/2023
Illegible signature