FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 43857/16
Petrea ŢÂMPU against Romania
and 3 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 8 April 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Armen Harutyunyan, President,
Jolien Schukking,
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. 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). Their 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).
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 29 April 2021.
Viktoriya MaradudinaArmen Harutyunyan
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
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Date of the
applicant’s last
letter to the Court
Date of the
Court’s
registered letter
Date of receipt
of the registered letter
New time-limit for
submission of observations
by the applicant
Date of the
applicant’s release
from prison
43857/16
05/09/2016
Petrea ŢÂMPU
1962
24/01/2017
01/07/2020
15/07/2020
Letter signed by the Tulcea Prison’s representative
28/09/2020
Letter sent to the applicant’s ID address signed by the applicant’s daughter
12/08/2020
In detention at Tulcea Prison
46790/16
06/12/2016
Bogdan-Cezar GÎLCĂ
1985
Laura Buzduga
Bucharest
03/08/2020
14/09/2020
28/09/2020
Signed by the applicant’s representative
26/10/2020
05/01/2020
55886/16
12/10/2016
Ioan JUDESCU
1973
18/11/2016
25/06/2020
06/07/2020
Letter delivered to the recipient (as results from documents extracted from the post office website)
30/09/2020
Letter sent to the applicant’s ID address signed. Signature illegible
06/08/2020
In detention at Miercurea Ciuc Prison
56498/16
09/11/2016
Cristian-Petrișor MANGU
1988
03/01/2017
23/09/2020
28/09/2020
Letter delivered to the recipient (as results from documents extracted from the post office website)
04/11/2020
13/02/2018
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