THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 22274/22
Erik CUMANI against Greece
and 10 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 18 December 2025 as a Committee composed of:
 Diana Kovatcheva, President,
 Canòlic Mingorance Cairat,
 Vasilka Sancin, 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 regard to the declarations submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases, and the applicants’ replies to these declarations,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Mr Konstantinos Tsitselikis and Mr A. Spathis, two lawyers practising in Thessaloniki.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Greek Government (“the Government”). In all the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under Article 13 of the Convention.
The Government submitted declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the applications.
The Government acknowledged the inadequate conditions of detention at the Korydallos Prison. They offered to pay the applicants the amounts detailed in the appended table, provided that the applicants “have not been awarded any compensation for the same reason under Article 6A of the [Greek] Penitentiary Code or any other remedy, taking into consideration the duration of their detention in Korydallos I Detention Facility in such conditions”.
They invited the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. The amounts would be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
The applicants informed the Court that they agreed to the terms of the declarations.
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.
The Court finds that, following the applicants’ express agreement to the terms of the declarations made by the Government, the cases should be treated as a friendly settlement between the parties.
It therefore takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify the continued examination of the applications in the part covered by the Government’s declarations as accepted by the applicants.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list in this part.
As regards the remaining complaints raised by the applicants under Article 13 of the Convention, taking into account the facts of the cases, the Government’s declarations and the Court’s decision to strike out the part of the applications relating to the complaints under Article 3 of the Convention, the Court considers that the main legal question raised in the present applications has been resolved. It concludes, therefore, that there is no need to examine this part of the applications.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the part of the applications as covered by the Government’s declarations and accepted by the applicants, out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention;
Decides that there is no need to examine separately the remaining part of the applications.
Done in English and notified in writing on 22 January 2026.
 
 Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Kovatcheva
 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
Other complaints under well‑established case-law
 
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of applicant’s acceptance
Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant
(in euros)[1]
   22274/22
20/07/2021
Erik CUMANI
1987
 
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
14/11/2025
24/11/2025
4,400
   22279/22
20/07/2021
Theofanis DOUFEXIS
1989
 
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
14/11/2025
24/11/2025
4,600
   22283/22
20/07/2021
Krenar HILAJ
1979
 
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
14/11/2025
24/11/2025
4,600
   22304/22
20/07/2021
Theodosios KOLOKYTHAS
1987
 
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
14/11/2025
24/11/2025
3,900
   22312/22
20/07/2021
Ardit METOHU
1987
 
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
14/11/2025
24/11/2025
1,300
   22314/22
20/07/2021
Laurenc MIHAJ
1974
 
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
14/11/2025
24/11/2025
1,300
   22414/22
20/07/2021
Nikolaos MPOUZIS
1977
 
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
14/11/2025
24/11/2025
7,600
   22416/22
20/07/2021
Christos MPRESTAS
1974
 
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
14/11/2025
24/11/2025
7,800
   22421/22
20/07/2021
Charalampos SOFIANIDIS
1988
 
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
14/11/2025
24/11/2025
4,800
 22422/22
20/07/2021
Alexander or Aleksander
VEROUSI
1996
 
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
14/11/2025
24/11/2025
6,800
 22424/22
20/07/2021
Roussos ZAKAS
1971
 
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention -
14/11/2025
24/11/2025
7,400
 
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.