FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 17823/16
Vilmos-Ottó SZÁNTO against Romania
and 6 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 4 May 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 25 May 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
17823/16
13/05/2016
Vilmos-Ottó SZÁNTO
1986
04/05/2022
28/07/2022
08/09/2022
09/01/2023
Received by the applicant on 25/01/2023
18/12/2019
26658/16
29/07/2016
Doru BADEA
1967
Maria Crinela Silvăşan
Hunedoara
01/02/2018
27/09/2022
08/11/2022
09/01/2023
Received by the applicant on 23/01/2023
27/06/2017
46876/16
14/09/2016
Adrian PRUNĂ
1972
17/05/2022
27/09/2022
08/11/2022
23/01/2023
Received by the applicant on 31/01/2023
11/07/2017
2064/17
23/01/2017
Costică MATEI
1961
02/09/2020
27/09/2022
08/11/2022
23/01/2023
Returned to the Court on 22/03/2023 as the applicant moved
28/05/2019
12579/17
21/07/2017
Armand-Soni CEANAC
1982
19/04/2021
28/07/2022
08/09/2022
23/01/2023
Received by the applicant on 02/02/2023
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26460/17
17/10/2017
Virgil-Cătălin GRANCEA
1989
04/01/2021
03/10/2022
14/11/2022
23/01/2023
Received by the applicant on 10/02/2023
16/05/2018
57469/17
07/10/2017
Daniel MIREA
1977
Elena Mirea
Bucharest
23/02/2022
23/09/2022
04/11/2022
06/02/2023
Returned to the Court as unclaimed on 27/02/2023
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