FILIMON AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA

  FOURTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 19982/24 Marian FILIMON against Romania and 23 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 18 December 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 applicants and the relevant information is set out in the appended table. The applicants complained under Article 3 of the Convention about the inadequate conditions of their detention (see the appended table for details). THE LAW Joinder of the applicationsHaving regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision. Complaints under Article 3 of the Convention (inadequate conditions of detention)Having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that, for the reasons stated below, the applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention about poor conditions of their ongoing detention are inadmissible. The Court recalls that in Văscăuțanu v. Romania (dec.), no. 10120/23, §§ 47–59, 18 November 2025, it held that the remedy, which consists of lodging a complaint with the judge responsible for supervising the deprivation of liberty (plângerea în fața judecătorului de supraveghere a privării de libertate), provided for by Article 56 of Law no. 254/2013, constituted, as of 6 April 2023, an effective remedy enabling individuals who allege that they are being held in inadequate conditions of detention to put an end to their situation that they denounced as being contrary to Article 3 of the Convention. In light of all the material in its possession, the Court observes that the applicants, who allege that they are being held in inadequate conditions of detention, did not indicate that they pursued the available remedy before the domestic courts (see Văscăuțanu, cited above, § 65). In view of the above, the Court finds that the applicants’ complaints concerning the periods set out in the appended table must be rejected for failure to exhaust the domestic remedy laid down in Article 56 of Law no. 254/2013, in accordance with Article 35 §§ 1 and 4 of the Convention. Remaining complaintsSome applicants also raised other complaints under various Convention provision. The Court has examined the applications listed in the appended table and considers that, in the light of all the material in its possession and in so far as the matters complained of are within its competence, these complaints either do not meet the admissibility criteria set out in Articles 34 and 35 of the Convention or do not disclose any appearance of a violation of the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Convention or the Protocols thereto. It follows that this part of the applications must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 § 4 of the Convention. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to join the applications; Declares the applications inadmissible. Done in English and notified in writing on 29 January 2026.    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 Facility Start and end date Duration    19982/24 25/06/2024 Marian FILIMON 1980       Bucharest-Rahova, Vaslui, Mărgineni, Giurgiu, Mioveni, Ploiești and Găești Prisons 29/05/2017 pending More than 8 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 23 day(s)    26332/25 13/08/2025 Nicu IORDACHE 1974       Craiova, Drobeta - Turnu Severin and Pelendava Prisons 07/12/2022 pending More than 2 year(s) and 11 month(s) and 12 day(s)    27100/25 21/08/2025 Genorian Dumitru MOISE 1975       Timișoara and Deva Prisons 25/10/2024 pending More than 1 year(s) and 19 day(s)    28072/25 01/09/2025 Claudiu-Nicuşor VĂDUVA 1979       Mărgineni and Ploiești Prisons 08/10/2024 pending More than 1 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 11 day(s)    28589/25 10/09/2025 Dumitru TÎNJALĂ 1971       Rahova, Galați, Giurgiu, Tulcea, Constanța - Poarta Albă, Brăila, Gherla, Aiud and Vaslui Prisons, Rahova Prison Hospital 15/09/2023 pending More than 2 year(s) and 15 day(s)    29524/25 19/09/2025 Gheorghe BUŢOI 1982       Mărgineni, Rahova and Mărgineni Prison Hospitals 17/05/2022 pending More than 3 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 2 day(s)    29783/25 16/09/2025 Constantin IONESCU 1983       Rahova, Mărgineni and Ploiești Prisons 17/03/2022 pending More than 3 year(s) and 7 month(s) and 11 day(s)    29889/25 08/09/2025 Elvis TURCA 1984       Ploiești Prison 19/01/2024 pending More than 1 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 9 day(s)    30304/25 27/09/2025 Florin NUŢU 1992       Slobozia, Giurgiu, Rahova and Tulcea Prisons, Jilava Prison Hospital 04/09/2018 pending More than 7 year(s) and 2 month(s) and 10 day(s)  30378/25 16/09/2025 Szilveszter Csaba MAJLAT 1980       Mărgineni, Aiud, Arad and Gherla Prisons 27/08/2015 pending More than 10 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 12 day(s)  30427/25 20/09/2025 Ilie ŢĂRCUŞ 1949       Jilava, Poarta Albă and Mioveni Prisons; Târgu Ocna Prison Hospital 26/09/2024 pending More than 1 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 2 day(s)  30858/25 29/09/2025 Dănuţ PĂUN 1979       Craiova, Drobeta-Turnu Severin and Târgu-Jiu Prisons 23/12/2019 pending More than 5 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 5 day(s)    30860/25 29/09/2025 Valentin MĂICAN 1995       Rahova and Giurgiu Prisons 01/07/2023 pending More than 2 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 18 day(s)  30913/25 17/09/2025 Gabriel-Florin GEORGESCU 1989       Slobozia, Constanța - Poarta Albă and Rahova Prisons, Jilava Prison Hospital 09/02/2023 pending More than 2 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 10 day(s)  30925/25 29/09/2025 Ciprian Petruș CIOBOTARU 2002       Rahova, Galați, Focșani and Brăila Prisons 04/10/2022 pending More than 3 year(s) and 24 day(s)  30958/25 20/09/2025 Constantin Florin SILVAȘ 1980   Silvaș Sabin Voșlăbeni Gherla Prison 23/07/2020 pending More than 5 year(s) and 3 month(s) and 5 day(s)  32158/25 09/10/2025 George PĂUN 1971       Satu Mare Prison 19/02/2025 pending More than 8 month(s) and 13 day(s)  32322/25 13/10/2025 Ferdinand MIHAI 1974       Slobozia, Mioveni and Găești Prisons 08/04/2024 pending More than 1 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 13 day(s)  32803/25 14/10/2025 Dan GRECU 1972       Arad and Drobeta-Turnu Severin Prisons 29/10/2015 pending More than 10 year(s) and 30 day(s)  32968/25 09/10/2025 Ionuţ-Marius NIŢĂ 1977   Diaconu Monica-Carmen Bucharest Craiova and Drobeta-Turnu Severin Prisons 05/12/2017 pending More than 7 year(s) and 11 month(s) and 2 day(s)  35001/25 03/11/2025 Codruț DINCĂ 1983       Craiova Prison 25/05/2023 pending More than 2 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 3 day(s)  35313/25 31/10/2025 Tiberiu RUSU 1987       Mărgineni, Aiud, Rahova and Arad Prisons 01/01/2017 pending More than 8 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 27 day(s)  36330/25 10/11/2025 Eduard STĂNICĂ 1977       Mărgineni and Ploiești Prisons 13/11/2024 pending More than 1 year(s) and 15 day(s)  36374/25 04/11/2025 Norbert-Eugen MURVAI 1992       Satu Mare Prison 14/12/2020 pending More than 4 year(s) and 11 month(s) and 14 day(s)