HIRGHILIGIU AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA

2025-06-19T00:00:00
  FOURTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 449/22 Costel HIRGHILIGIU against Romania and 12 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 19 June 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. 2571/22) 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. The registered letters were received by the applicants (see details in the appended table). No reply followed. 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 10 July 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    449/22 02/05/2022 Costel HIRGHILIGIU 1994     05/07/2022   26/09/2024   07/11/2024   27/11/2024   Receipt on 09/12/2024    2337/22 05/04/2022 Ionel FURTUNĂ 1982     05/04/2022   26/09/2024   07/11/2024   27/11/2024   Receipt on 09/12/2024    2567/22 20/04/2022 Mădălin-Marinel ROSTAŞ 2000     11/10/2022   26/09/2024   07/11/2024   27/11/2024   Receipt on 09/12/2024    2571/22 04/04/2022 Elemér-Ovidiu KIS 1986     08/04/2022   26/09/2024   07/11/2024   27/11/2024   Receipt on 24/12/2024    3059/22 26/10/2022 Marcel-Valer HORVAT 1987     31/05/2024   26/09/2024   07/11/2024   27/11/2024   Receipt on 10/12/2024    4242/22 14/02/2022 Dumitru MIHALACHE 1974     22/03/2022   26/09/2024   07/11/2024   27/11/2024   Receipt on 19/12/2024    4279/22 09/02/2022 Alexandru-Florin NEAGOE 1988     12/07/2022   26/09/2024   07/11/2024   27/11/2024   Receipt on 09/12/2024    7287/22 11/03/2022 Gabriel BECHEAN 1989     02/05/2022   26/09/2024   07/11/2024   27/11/2024   Receipt on 13/12/2024    7869/22 18/03/2022 Petru TIMIŞ 1984     22/08/2022   26/09/2024   07/11/2024   27/11/2024   Receipt on 09/01/2025  7871/22 02/06/2022 Constantin LAZĂR 1968     16/08/2022   26/09/2024   07/11/2024   27/02/2025   Receipt on 09/03/2025  7930/22 07/03/2022 Laurenţiu-Milian MICICĂ 1988     25/04/2022   16/10/2024   27/11/2024   04/02/2025   Receipt on 13/02/2025  8112/22 01/02/2022 Gigel Florin BOZGA 1996     01/04/2022     16/10/2024   27/11/2024   13/12/2024   Receipt on 30/12/2024  8517/22 25/01/2022 Gheorghe ILINCA 1971     12/08/2022   16/10/2024   27/11/2024   13/12/2024   Receipt on 03/01/2025