SINGURELU AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA

  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    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    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    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    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    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    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    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)    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    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  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    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  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  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  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  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)  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       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       09/11/2022 03/10/2024 14/11/2024 05/12/2024 24/12/2024 Signed by the detention facility representative