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)
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 | |
833/22 28/02/2022 | Vasile SINGURELU 2000
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| 29/06/2022 | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 23/12/2024 Signed by the detention facility representative | |
5017/22 18/02/2022 | Adrian BRĂTULESCU 1977
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| 28/03/2022 | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 13/12/2024 Illegible signature | |
11223/22 03/05/2022 | Ionel-Liviu BURGHELEA 1974
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| 05/04/2024 | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 12/12/2024 Signed by the applicant’s mother | |
17125/22 03/05/2022 | Gabriel URSU 1983
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| 11/03/2024 | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 18/12/2024 Illegible signature | |
24114/22 14/07/2022 | Lucian PORUMB 1979
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| 01/09/2022 | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 17/12/2024 Signed by the detention facility representative | |
25713/22 08/07/2022 | Emanuel-Sandu URSU 1980
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| 10/10/2022 | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 19/12/2024 Illegible signature | |
30760/22 08/08/2022 | Florin-Gabriel ȘERBAN 1991
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| 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) | |
32376/22 22/11/2022 | Vicu TURCA 1965
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| 28/11/2022 | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 16/12/2024 Signed by the person assigned to receive the correspondence | |
33944/22 17/08/2022 | Denis-Alin BARBU 1991
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| 28/09/2022 | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 28/01/2025 Illegible signature | |
34362/22 06/07/2022 | Florin-Daniel CZANCA 1995
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| 02/11/2022 | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 17/12/2024 Signed by the detention facility representative
| |
35375/22 26/09/2022 | Constantin SANDU 1995
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| 11/03/2023 | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 13/12/2024 Signed by the applicant’s sister-in-law | |
36006/22 12/09/2022 | Marian-Ionel BĂLAȘA 1992
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| 02/11/2022 | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 13/12/2024 Illegible signature | |
37023/22 16/08/2022 | Leonard MOȚĂȚĂIANU 1957
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| 19/09/2022 | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 12/12/2024 Signed by the person assigned to receive the correspondence | |
37140/22 08/09/2022 | Cosmin GRAURE 1995
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| 08/10/2024 | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 13/12/2024 Illegible signature
13/12/2024 Illegible signature | |
37301/22 22/08/2022 | Aurel-Marian NICA 1985
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| 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) | |
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 | |
38350/22 16/09/2022 | Teodor-Victor SCHIOP 1973
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| 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 | |
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 | |
40740/22 19/09/2022 | Nicolae-Florin POP 1998
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| 09/11/2022 | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 05/12/2024 | 24/12/2024 Signed by the detention facility representative
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