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FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 3870/21
Mihai DANCI against Romania
and 12 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 2 October 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, and in application no. 30874/21 an additional complaint under Article 13 concerning the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law, 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 were either received by the applicants/their relatives 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 23 October 2025.

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

Other complaints under well-established case-law

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

3870/21

05/01/2021

Mihai DANCI

1984

05/03/2024

01/10/2024

12/11/2024

03/02/2025

Received on 12/02/2025 by the prison’s representative

6376/21

03/03/2021

Constantin-Ştefan IURAŞCU

1998

26/05/2021

04/09/2024

16/10/2024

22/11/2024

Received by the applicant on 14/12/2024

7240/21

04/03/2021

Mihai FOTA

1983

11/05/2021

04/09/2024

16/10/2024

22/11/2024

Received by the applicant on 09/12/2024

8838/21

18/03/2021

Narcis ZADEA

1996

12/05/2021

01/10/2024

12/11/2024

03/02/2025

Received by the applicant’s grandmother on 13/02/2025

13328/21

31/03/2021

Sorinel MIHAI

1988

08/06/2021

01/10/2024

12/11/2024

03/02/2025

Received by the applicant’s sister on 13/02/2025

20198/21

24/05/2021

Florin AMZA

1992

15/11/2021

04/09/2024

16/10/2024

22/11/2024

12/02/2025

The letter sent to the applicant’s home address was returned by the Romanian Post as unclaimed and the letter sent to the prison was returned as “addressee unknown”

20725/21

11/05/2021

Ion PAVEN

1962

13/07/2021

04/09/2024

16/10/2024

22/11/2024

Received by the applicant on 03/12/2024

26088/21

16/07/2021

Mihai-Gheorghiţă BRUSCHI

1993

01/09/2021

01/10/2024

12/11/2024

03/02/2025

Received on 13/02/2025 by the prison’s representative

30874/21

25/08/2021

Dundy ROSTAŞ

1979

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law -

08/11/2021

01/10/2024

12/11/2024

03/02/2025

Returned by the Romanian Post on 10/03/2025 as unclaimed.

39273/21

26/08/2021

Dumitru BOBA

1989

22/06/2022

01/10/2024

12/11/2024

03/02/2025

Received on 13/02/2025 by the prison’s representative

20263/22

12/07/2022

Daniel LUNGU

1988

16/09/2024

01/10/2024

12/11/2024

03/02/2025

Received by the applicant on 11/02/2025

22567/22

12/07/2022

Adrian LARIONESI

1977

30/09/2022

01/10/2024

12/11/2024

03/02/2025

Received on 13/02/2025 by the prison’s representative

23673/22

05/05/2022

Cristinel SÎRBEA

1967

27/06/2022

01/10/2024

12/11/2024

03/02/2025

Received by the applicant on 11/02/2025