FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 5018/22
Florin ANGHEL against Romania
and 20 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 27 March 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, as well as the complaint under Article 13 (application no. 5658/22), 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.
No reply to these letters has been received by the Court. The registered letters either were received by the applicants 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 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 April 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)
Application no. | 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 | |
5018/22 21/02/2022 | Florin ANGHEL 1968
|
| 01/08/2022 | 06/09/2024 | 18/10/2024 | 18/11/2024 | Receipt on 26/11/2024 | |
5651/22 04/02/2022 | Laurenţiu-Bogdan SIMION 1989
|
| 04/02/2022 | 06/09/2024 | 18/10/2024 | 18/11/2024 | Receipt on 02/12/2024 | |
5656/22 07/01/2022 | Antonyo TĂNASE 1974
|
| 07/01/2022 | 06/09/2024 | 18/10/2024 | 18/11/2024 | Returned as “unclaimed” on 06/12/2024 | |
5658/22 06/06/2022 | Vasile-Ionel CĂUŞANU 1992
| Rodica German Deva | 14/10/2022 | 06/09/2024 | 18/10/2024 | 18/11/2024 | Returned as “unclaimed” on 18/12/2024 | |
7123/22 10/06/2022 | Ştefan-Leon ŢURA 1974
|
| 09/08/2022 | 06/09/2024 | 18/10/2024 | 18/11/2024 | Receipt on 02/12/2024 | |
7135/22 18/04/2022 | Ion-Constantin BOCIOANCĂ 1979
|
| 18/04/2022 | 06/09/2024 | 18/10/2024 | 18/11/2024 | Returned as “unclaimed” on 25/02/2025 | |
12389/22 19/12/2022 | Adrian-Cosmin MOLDOVAN 1988
|
| 26/06/2023 | 24/10/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 20/12/2024 | Returned as | |
13523/22 12/04/2022 | Raul-Gabriel TIMIŞ 1988
|
| 12/04/2022 | 06/09/2024 | 18/10/2024 | 18/11/2024 | Receipt on 03/12/2024 | |
14784/22 27/04/2022 | Daniel-Sorin ŞERBAN 1999
|
| 27/06/2022 | 06/09/2024 | 18/10/2024 | 18/11/2024 | Returned as “unclaimed” on 06/12/2024 | |
14856/22 20/06/2022 | Lucian CARABAGEAC 1996
|
| 25/07/2022 | 06/09/2024 | 18/10/2024 | 18/11/2024 | Receipt on 26/11/2024 | |
14904/22 16/03/2022 | Gheorghe-Florin CHEREŞI 1985
|
| 16/03/2022 | 06/09/2024 | 18/10/2024 | 18/11/2024 | Returned as “unclaimed” on 12/02/2025 | |
15843/22 19/04/2022 | Andrei-Răzvan PANAIT 1998
|
| 17/08/2022 | 06/09/2024 | 18/10/2024 | 18/11/2024 | Receipt on 03/12/2024 | |
16168/22 13/05/2022 | Marian-Valentin PETRICEANU 1991
|
| 11/07/2022 | 06/09/2024 | 18/10/2024 | 18/11/2024 | Receipt on 26/11/2024 | |
16824/22 09/06/2022 | Alexandru MEZEI 1980
|
| 12/08/2022 | 06/09/2024 | 18/10/2024 | 18/11/2024 | Receipt on 27/11/2024 | |
16959/22 28/04/2022 | Alexandru-Constantin PRISTAVU 1989 |
| 23/06/2022 | 06/09/2024 | 18/10/2024 | 18/11/2024 | Receipt on 25/11/2024 | |
17072/22 05/08/2022 | Mircea BIBAN 1980
|
| 03/01/2023 | 24/10/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 20/12/2024 | Returned as “unclaimed” on 20/01/2025 | |
21482/22 27/10/2022 | Gheorghe-Răzvan ILEANA 1996
|
| 05/01/2023 | 24/10/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 20/12/2024 | Receipt on 08/01/2025 | |
23302/22 22/06/2022 | Florin FILIP 1994
| Silvia Filip Sinoe | 22/08/2022 | 24/10/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 20/12/2024 | Receipt on 09/01/2025 | |
24314/22 03/06/2022 | Marius Iulian IORDĂNESCU 1974
| Robert-Leonard Costea Medgidia | 10/06/2022 | 24/10/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 20/12/2024 | Returned as “unclaimed” on 08/01/2025 | |
27339/22 22/07/2022 | Ion-Ovidiu LAZĂR 1980
|
| 01/09/2022 | 24/10/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 20/12/2024 | Receipt on 08/01/2025 | |
27540/22 13/07/2022 | Ionuţ-Tudorel PETROIU 1988
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| 13/07/2022 | 24/10/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 20/12/2024 | Returned as |