Patar and Others v. Romania

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 7016/20 Ion PATAR against Romania and 15 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 11 July 2024 as a Committee composed of:

Branko Lubarda , President , Anne Louise Bormann, Sebastian Răduleţu , 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). There are no previous letters from the applicants informing the Court about a change of address.

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 5 September 2024.

Viktoriya Maradudina Branko Lubarda 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

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

7016/20

09/03/2020

Ion PATAR

1976

13/06/2023

16/10/2023

27/11/2023

14/12/2023

27/12/2023

Signed for receipt by the applicant

11774/20

08/04/2020

Artur COTRUȚĂ

1987

23/08/2023

16/10/2023

27/11/2023

14/12/2023

29/12/2023

Illegible signature

21852/20

01/07/2020

Ioan-Aurel ILEA

1982

28/02/2022

23/10/2023

04/12/2023

29/02/2024

Returned to sender on 26/03/2024 as “moved from address”

7069/21

02/03/2021

Vlad-Eusebiu ROBU

1997

23/04/2021

24/10/2023

21/11/2023

13/02/2024

21/02/2024

Illegible signature

10031/21

09/03/2021

Marian BĂDOI

1970

20/04/2021

24/10/2023

21/11/2023

13/02/2024

27/02/2024

Illegible signature

416457/21

28/05/2021

Marius-Daniel POPA

1985

09/08/2021

29/09/2023

10/11/2023

07/12/2023

28/12/2023

Signed for receipt by the applicant’s father

17520/21

28/07/2021

Raul ADAM

1995

22/09/2021

29/09/2023

10/11/2023

07/12/2023

Returned to sender on 26/02/2024 as “recipient released on 15/02/2022”

17807/21

18/05/2021

Ana-Maria KOVACS

1986

28/07/2021

29/09/2023

10/11/2023

07/12/2023

Returned to sender on 26/02/2024 as “unknown”

23356/21

26/08/2021

Zoltan BOGDAN

1987

Mihaly Bogdan

Sovata

09/12/2021

29/09/2023

10/11/2023

07/12/2023

Returned to sender on 11/01/2024 as unclaimed (according to information on the website of the Romanian Post)

26655/21

19/07/2021

Ciprian-Dorel VÎNTU

1983

02/08/2021

29/09/2023

10/11/2023

07/12/2023

Returned to sender on 26/02/2024 as “recipient released on 28/12/2022”

30105/21

12/07/2021

Petruţa-Luminiţa MAGHERU

1975

03/09/2021

29/09/2023

10/11/2023

07/12/2023

28/12/2023

Signed for receipt by the applicant

33441/21

27/07/2021

Sandu NASTIUC

1984

12/12/2022

29/09/2023

10/11/2023

07/12/2023

04/01/2024

Signed for receipt by the applicant

42762/21

13/10/2021

Sandor HUSZA

1987

18/10/2023

24/10/2023

21/11/2023

13/02/2024

21/02/2024

Signed for receipt by the Arad prison’s representative

51454/21

13/12/2021

Ioan ALEXE

1992

22/02/2022

24/10/2023

21/11/2023

13/02/2024

23/02/2024

Illegible signature

54378/21

28/10/2021

Vasile-Marian PIROJEC

1988

03/01/2022

24/10/2023

21/11/2023

13/02/2024

20/02/2024

Signed for receipt by the applicant’s father

56587/21

23/05/2022

Gheorghiţă GOGU

1975

11/10/2022

26/09/2023

24/10/2023

29/02/2024

08/03/2024

Illegible signature