FOURTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 438/21 Antoniu-Traian RADU against Romania and 10 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 24 April 2025 as a Committee composed of: Anne Louise Bormann , President , Sebastian Răduleţu, András Jakab , 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 (to the applicant’s potential heirs in application no. 12488/21), 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 and potential heirs of the applicant in application no. 12488/21 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. The registered letters either were received by the applicants (by the deceased applicant’s potential heirs in application no. 12488/21) or were returned to 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 and potential heirs of the applicant in application no. 12488/21 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 May 2025. Viktoriya Maradudina Anne Louise Bormann 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 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 438/21 09/02/2021 Antoniu-Traian RADU 1985 19/01/2024 04/09/2024 16/10/2024 22/11/2024 Received by the mother’s applicant on 02/12/2024 3489/21 08/02/2021 Nicu CIOBOTARU 1973 15/02/2021 04/09/2024 16/10/2024 22/11/2024 Returned on 02/01/2025 as unclaimed 5086/21 22/02/2021 Florin TRÎNCĂ 1972 21/04/2021 04/09/2024 16/10/2024 22/11/2024 Returned on 23/01/2025 as unclaimed. 8637/21 17/03/2021 Cătălin-George STOICHIŢĂ 1981 01/06/2021 04/09/2024 16/10/2024 22/11/2024 Received by the applicant’s wife on 02/12/2024 11998/21 17/02/2021 Ileana MOANDĂ 1970 18/10/2021 04/09/2024 16/10/2024 22/11/2024 Received by the applicant’s husband on 02/12/2024 12488/21 26/03/2021 Emil IORGA 1966 Died in 2023 17/05/2021 04/09/2024 16/10/2024 22/11/2024 Received by the deceased applicant’s potential heirs on 04/12/2024 (illegible signature) 13277/21 06/09/2021 Ion TUDOR 1970 03/11/2021 04/09/2024 16/10/2024 22/11/2024 Received by the applicant on 04/12/2024 20209/21 25/06/2021 Gabriel CRĂCIUN 1990 22/12/2021 04/09/2024 16/10/2024 22/11/2024 Returned on 02/01/2025 as the applicant could not be found 20665/21 21/05/2021 Marian-Niculae ŞOMU 1986 01/06/2022 04/09/2024 16/10/2024 22/11/2024 Received by the applicant on 03/12/2024 (illegible signature) 27011/21 04/05/2021 Ionel Bonţică GHEORGHE 1978 17/05/2021 04/09/2024 16/10/2024 22/11/2024 Received by the applicant’s aunt on 02/12/2024 34290/21 01/09/2021 Alexandru-Laurenţiu CRIJANOVSCHI 1979 27/10/2021 04/09/2024 16/10/2024 22/11/2024 Received by the applicant on 02/12/2024