VOICU AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA
Doc ref: 20472/16;28417/16;35072/16;36066/16;37049/16;46533/16;50864/16;71828/16 • ECHR ID: 001-228233
Document date: September 14, 2023
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FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 20472/16 Ștefan VOICU against Romania and 7 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 either received by the applicants or their representatives or were returned to the Court by the Romanian Post (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
20472/16
24/08/2016
Ștefan VOICU
1986
03/05/2022
16/09/2022
28/10/2022
02/06/2023
Received by the applicant on 09/06/2023
28417/16
28/06/2016
Bogdan-Eugen CĂLINESCU
1968
11/02/2022
16/09/2022
28/10/2022
02/06/2023
Returned to the Court on 27/07/2023 as unclaimed
35072/16
02/08/2016
Claudiu-Mihai TĂNASE
1982
31/03/2021
16/09/2022
28/10/2022
02/06/2023
Received by the applicant on 08/06/2023
36066/16
28/07/2016
Costel CREÅ¢U
1969
23/09/2022
16/09/2022
28/10/2022
02/06/2023
Received by the applicant on 09/06/2023
37049/16
03/08/2016
Neculai LUPU
1959Andreea-Gabriela Cadar
Galați
17/03/2022
16/09/2022
28/10/2022
02/06/2023
Received by the applicant’s representative on 12/06/2023
46533/16
27/02/2017
Nicolae-Adrian MOGA
1974
06/03/2017
23/09/2022
04/11/2022
30/05/2023
Received by the applicant on 08/06/2023
50864/16
03/10/2016
NicuÅŸor PREDA
1972
24/03/2021
16/09/2022
28/10/2022
02/06/2023
Received on 09/06/2023 – illegible signature
71828/16
27/12/2016
Bandi KOVACS
1986
07/09/2018
28/07/2022
08/09/2022
05/04/2023
Returned to the Court on 09/05/2023
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