CASE OF BANU AND OTHERS AGAINST ROMANIA AND 25 OTHER CASES

Resolution CM/ResDH(2025)243 Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights Twenty-six cases against Romania   (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 17 September 2025 at the 1537th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)   The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”),   Having regard to the final judgments transmitted by the Court to the Committee in these cases and to the violations of Article 3 of the Convention established on account of overcrowding, poor material and hygienic conditions and deficiencies in the provision of healthcare in detention;   Recalling the respondent State’s obligation, under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide by all final judgments in cases to which it has been a party and that this obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required:   -          of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible restitutio in integrum; and -          of general measures preventing similar violations;   Having invited the government of the respondent State to inform the Committee of the measures taken to comply with the above-mentioned obligation;   Having examined the information notes provided by the government indicating the individual measures adopted to execute the judgments including the information provided regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see documents DH-DD(2024)855 and DH‑DD(2025)852);   Considering that the question of individual measures was resolved, given that the applicants have ceased serving their prison sentence, and that the just satisfaction awarded by the Court was paid;   Recalling that the question of general measures required in response to the shortcomings found by the Court in these judgments continues to be examined within the framework of the Bragadireanu v. Romania (No. 22088/04) group of cases also in the light of the Court’s findings in these cases, and that the closure of these cases therefore in no way prejudges the Committee’s evaluation of the general measures in relation to overcrowding, poor material and hygienic conditions and deficiencies in the provision of healthcare in detention;   DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in these cases;   CONCLUDES that the necessary individual measures have been adopted;   DECIDES to continue to supervise the adoption of the necessary general measures concerning overcrowding, poor material and hygienic conditions and deficiencies in the provision of healthcare in detention in the Bragadireanu v. Romania (No. 22088/04) group of cases;   DECIDES to close the examination of these cases.   Appendix:   Application No. Case Judgment of Final on 1262/16+ BANU AND OTHERS 20/09/2018 20/09/2018 35045/16+ BĂNCILĂ AND OTHERS 16/12/2021 16/12/2021 7757/17+ BONESCU AND OTHERS 16/12/2021 16/12/2021 15557/15+ BURCEA AND OTHERS 26/07/2018 26/07/2018 53702/15+ CAZAN AND OTHERS 12/07/2018 12/07/2018 59097/13+ CHIRIAC AND OTHERS 08/03/2018 08/03/2018 27275/16+ CRÎNGANU AND OTHERS 10/02/2022 10/02/2022 23712/16+ DIȚĂ AND OTHERS 13/01/2022 30/11/2023 13/01/2022 30/11/2023 27381/17 DOBRE 16/05/2024 16/05/2024 9816/16+ DRĂGAN AND OTHERS 28/10/2021 28/10/2021 24192/16+ FĂINIŞ AND OTHERS 16/12/2021 16/12/2021 55593/15+ FLORIAN PETRICĂ CĂLIN AND OTHERS 06/06/2019 06/06/2019 26421/16+ GRAŢIAN REZMIVEŞ AND OTHERS 18/01/2024 18/01/2024 11891/16+ GERENYI AND OTHERS 13/04/2023 13/04/2023 29349/16+ IULIAN AND OTHERS 16/12/2021 16/12/2021 33079/16+ MANGU AND OTHERS 06/06/2019 06/06/2019 46753/16+ MARIUS-DĂNUȚ MOLDOVAN AND OTHERS 16/12/2021 16/12/2021 35115/16+ MASLIUC AND OTHERS 16/12/2021 16/12/2021 26176/16+ MUREŞANU AND OTHERS 21/09/2023 21/09/2023 38581/16+ PĂTROI AND OTHERS 13/10/2022 13/10/2022 71601/14+ POCA AND OTHERS 14/12/2017 14/12/2017 58704/16+ STANCIU AND OTHERS 16/12/2021 16/12/2021 38903/16+ TROACĂ AND OTHERS 12/01/2023 12/01/2023 34712/16+ UDILĂ AND OTHERS 15/12/2022 15/12/2022 7344/15+ VĂDUVA AND OTHERS 15/04/2021 15/04/2021 20550/18+ ZĂGREANU AND OTHERS 25/04/2024 25/04/2024