Dan and Others v. Romania

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 25191/21 Cosmin-Mihai DAN against Romania and 15 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 16 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 and the relevant details are set out in the appendix.

The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention and 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 or the applicants’ 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 13 November 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

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

25191/21

16/04/2021

Cosmin-Mihai DAN

1998

14/06/2021

26/03/2025

07/05/2025

04/06/2025

Received by the applicant on 18/06/2025

37839/21

20/08/2021

Marian OSIAC

1976

09/04/2025

04/09/2024

16/10/2024

30/04/2025

Received by the prison’s official on 22/05/2025

58319/21

14/10/2021

Silviu-Geroge PEIU

1986

27/10/2021

26/03/2025

07/05/2025

04/06/2025

Returned on 22/07/2025 by Botoșani prison after unsuccessful attempt to send the letter at the applicant’s domicile following the latter’s release.

21478/22

23/05/2022

Emil-Nicolae SZATMARI

1986

02/06/2022

18/03/2024

29/04/2025

22/05/2025

Returned on 11/07/2025 by the Romanian Post as recipient unknown.

21540/22

02/06/2022

Valentin-Marian CHIRILĂ

1989

05/08/2022

03/03/2025

14/04/2025

02/06/2025

Received by the applicant on 18/06/2025

25501/22

06/09/2022

Dănuţ ŢICHELEA

1974

02/11/2022

03/03/2025

14/04/2025

02/06/2025

Returned on 04/07/2025 by the Romanian Post as recipient unknown.

28688/22

18/07/2022

Gheorghe HRIŢCU

1958

29/06/2023

03/03/2025

14/04/2025

02/06/2025

Returned on 17/07/2025 by the Romanian Post as unclaimed.

30609/22

10/11/2022

Ilie-Aurel FAUR

1974

04/04/2024

03/03/2025

14/04/2025

02/06/2025

Received by the applicant on 19/06/2025

32073/22

24/08/2022

Viorel-Ionel RUSU

1991

01/09/2022

03/03/2025

14/04/2025

02/06/2025

Returned on 08/08/2025 by Vaslui prison after unsuccessful attempt to send the letter at the applicant’s domicile following the latter’s release.

41872/22

22/08/2022

Yosef Shmuel MALKA

1963

30/08/2022

03/03/2025

14/04/2025

02/06/2025

Returned on 06/08/2025 by Jilava prison after unsuccessful attempt to send the letter at the applicant’s domicile following the latter’s release.

43236/22

29/08/2022

Alin-Constantin PARASCA

1991

06/01/2023

03/03/2025

14/04/2025

02/06/2025

Received by the applicant on 19/06/2025

45803/22

03/03/2023

Mihai-Adrian MEREŞAN

1994

Ursei Francisc

Caransebes

15/03/2023

18/03/2024

29/04/2025

06/06/2025

Returned on 22/07/2025 by the Romanian Post as unclaimed

51726/22

28/11/2022

Dumitru PARASCHIV

1974

09/02/2023

18/03/2024

29/04/2025

06/06/2025

Returned on 04/07/2025 by the Romanian Post as unknown

54245/22

19/01/2023

Cristi-Marian POPESCU

1988

05/02/2025

03/03/2025

14/04/2025

02/06/2025

Received on 18/06/2025, illegible signature

55841/22

30/12/2022

Claudiu-Felix MARTOCSAN

1996

21/02/2023

18/03/2024

29/04/2025

22/05/2025

Received on 12/06/2025, illegible signature

56785/22

20/01/2023

Nicuşor TARĂU

1987

26/01/2023

18/03/2024

29/04/2025

06/06/2025

Returned on 30/07/2025 by Brăila prison after unsuccessful attempt to send the letter at the applicant’s domicile following the latter’s release.