STOICA AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA
Doc ref: 35991/15;14827/16;16612/16;32217/16;15777/17 • ECHR ID: 001-212236
Document date: September 9, 2021
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FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 35991/15 Cristian STOICA against Romania and 4 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 9 September 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 30 September 2021.
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Viktoriya Maradudina Armen Harutyunyan 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
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
35991/15
18/08/2015
Cristian STOICA
1984
21/02/2020
06/01/2021
Returned to the Court on 04/03/2021 according to the official website of Romania’s Postal Service as unclaimed
17/02/2021
11/04/2018
14827/16
07/04/2016
Vasile-Valentin TĂNASE
1986
06/03/2019
08/03/2021
15/03/2021
Letter receipt signed by the applicant’s mother
19/04/2021
29/11/2017
16612/16
22/04/2016
Lică POIANĂ
1967
06/12/2017
03/02/2021
Returned to the Court on 15/03/2021 according to the official website of Romania’s Postal Service as unclaimed
17/03/2021
22/11/2017
32217/16
06/07/2016
Vasile BUGNARU
1967
04/01/2021
20/01/2021
03/02/2021
Letter receipt signed by the applicant’s nephew
03/03/2021
10/07/2020
15777/17
15/05/2017
Sandor KURCSI
1987
23/05/2017
13/01/2021
Letter delivered to the recipient on 27/01/2021 according to the official website of Romania’s Postal Service
24/02/2021
In detention at Aiud Prison
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