MITITEAN AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA

2025-06-19T00:00:00
  FOURTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 29387/22 Ioan MITITEAN against Romania and 7 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 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 10 July 2025.   {signature_p_2}  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    29387/22 28/04/2022 Ioan MITITEAN 1976   02/11/2022 16/10/2024 27/11/2024 24/01/2025 Receipt on 12/02/2025    34433/22 02/08/2022 Stelian-Ștefan MOISE 1977   09/08/2022 16/10/2024 27/11/2024 24/01/2025 Receipt on 07/02/2025    39863/22 07/11/2022 Elvis-Nicolae IONEL 1984   08/03/2023 16/10/2024 27/11/2024 24/01/2025 Receipt on 07/02/2025    45032/22 03/03/2023 Dorin-Ion ZAMFIR 2000   11/04/2023 16/10/2024 27/11/2024 24/01/2025 Receipt on 07/02/2025    50539/22 02/12/2022 Mihai-Ioan CILI 1979   07/02/2023 16/10/2024 27/11/2024 24/01/2025 Receipt on 07/02/2025    53951/22 14/11/2022 Otniel BEJAN 1994   13/01/2023 16/10/2024 27/11/2024 24/01/2025 Receipt on 10/02/2025    54760/22 06/12/2022 Lucian CONSTANTINESCU 1971   21/08/2023 16/10/2024 27/11/2024 11/03/2025 Receipt on 24/03/2025    56766/22 12/01/2023 Vasile-Robert VĂCARU 1996   22/02/2023 16/10/2024 27/11/2024 24/01/2025 Receipt on 06/02/2025