FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 833/22
Vasile SINGURELU against Romania
and 18 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 7 May 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, 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 28 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

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

  1.    

833/22

28/02/2022

Vasile SINGURELU

2000

 

 

 

29/06/2022

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

23/12/2024

Signed by the detention facility representative

  1.    

5017/22

18/02/2022

Adrian BRĂTULESCU

1977

 

 

 

28/03/2022

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

13/12/2024

Illegible signature

  1.    

11223/22

03/05/2022

Ionel-Liviu BURGHELEA

1974

 

 

 

05/04/2024

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

12/12/2024

Signed by the applicant’s mother

  1.    

17125/22

03/05/2022

Gabriel URSU

1983

 

 

 

11/03/2024

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

18/12/2024

Illegible signature

  1.    

24114/22

14/07/2022

Lucian PORUMB

1979

 

 

 

01/09/2022

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

17/12/2024

Signed by the detention facility representative

  1.    

25713/22

08/07/2022

Emanuel-Sandu URSU

1980

 

 

 

10/10/2022

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

19/12/2024

Illegible signature

  1.    

30760/22

08/08/2022

Florin-Gabriel ȘERBAN

1991

 

 

 

16/08/2022

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

Handed over on 24/12/2024

(according to the Romanian Post Tracking System)

  1.    

32376/22

22/11/2022

Vicu TURCA

1965

 

 

 

28/11/2022

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

16/12/2024

Signed by the person assigned to receive the correspondence

  1.    

33944/22

17/08/2022

Denis-Alin BARBU

1991

 

 

 

28/09/2022

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

28/01/2025

Illegible signature

  1.  

34362/22

06/07/2022

Florin-Daniel CZANCA

1995

 

 

 

02/11/2022

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

17/12/2024

Signed by the detention facility representative

 

  1.  

35375/22

26/09/2022

Constantin SANDU

1995

 

 

 

11/03/2023

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

13/12/2024

Signed by the applicant’s sister-in-law

  1.  

36006/22

12/09/2022

Marian-Ionel BĂLAȘA

1992

 

 

 

02/11/2022

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

13/12/2024

Illegible signature

  1.  

37023/22

16/08/2022

Leonard MOȚĂȚĂIANU

1957

 

 

 

19/09/2022

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

12/12/2024

Signed by the person assigned to receive the correspondence

  1.  

37140/22

08/09/2022

Cosmin GRAURE

1995

 

 

 

08/10/2024

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

13/12/2024

Illegible signature

 

13/12/2024

Illegible signature

  1.  

37301/22

22/08/2022

Aurel-Marian NICA

1985

 

 

 

30/08/2022

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

Handed over on 13/12/2024

(according to the Romanian Post Tracking System)

  1.  

38210/22

01/09/2022

Gheorghe-Valentin MĂLAI

1988

 

Mărioara Mălai

Casolt

02/11/2022

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

18/12/2024

Illegible signature

  1.  

38350/22

16/09/2022

Teodor-Victor SCHIOP

1973

 

 

 

22/09/2022

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

30/12/2024

Illegible signature

 

16/12/2024

Signed by the applicant’s mother

  1.  

39918/22

03/10/2022

Cătălin LINCĂ

1984

 

Viorel Marin

Tandarei

10/10/2022

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

13/12/2024

Signed by a relative of the applicant

  1.  

40740/22

19/09/2022

Nicolae-Florin POP

1998

 

 

 

09/11/2022

03/10/2024

14/11/2024

05/12/2024

24/12/2024

Signed by the detention facility representative