FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 21335/16
Ionuț VARTOLOMEI against Romania
and 9 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 25 March 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). 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).
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 15 April 2021.
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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
21335/16
21/11/2016
Ionuț VARTOLOMEI
1986
25/11/2016
14/10/2020
21/10/2020
Signed by Iași Prison’s representative
25/11/2020
In detention at Iași Prison
24385/16
28/06/2016
Iulian VIȘAN
1989
22/01/2020
14/10/2020
19/10/2020
Returned as “moved”
(letter sent to the prison address, specifically indicated for correspondence by the applicant)
25/11/2020
10/03/2020
35123/16
19/07/2016
Sorin MANEA
1973
12/09/2016
08/10/2020
19/10/2020
Signed by the applicant
19/11/2020
20/06/2020
49632/16
15/09/2016
Mihai DRĂGHICI
1969
16/12/2019
16/11/2020
02/12/2020
Signed by a person living at the same address
11/01/2021
04/06/2019
49878/16
24/10/2016
Tuna KARA
1965
02/11/2016
16/11/2020
31/12/2020
Signed by a person living at the same address
11/01/2021
27/06/2018
55562/16
22/11/2016
Ianoș-Bogdan BENCHEA
1992
Maria Ailenei
Iași
05/07/2019
16/11/2020
04/12/2020
Signed by the applicant’s representative
11/01/2021
In detention at Mărgineni Prison
61920/16
11/05/2017
Marian-Ionuț BĂLAN
1993
05/07/2017
16/11/2020
03/12/2020
Signed by the applicant
11/01/2021
In detention at Focșani Prison
67058/16
10/01/2017
Ion DUȚOIU
1982
19/10/2020
16/11/2020
03/12/2020
Signed by the applicant
(letter sent to the home address, specifically indicated for correspondence by the applicant)
11/01/2021
N/A
73735/16
23/12/2016
Adrian IGNAT
1989
10/01/2017
27/03/2020
29/04/2020
Returned as “unknown”
(The Court’s letter was resent by the prison to the applicant’s home address indicated upon release)
08/06/2020
13/06/2018
19447/17
05/05/2017
Costel Ștefănel CIOPEICĂ
1994
23/05/2017
13/11/2020
14/12/2020
Signed by a person living at the same address
18/01/2021
17/04/2018
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