Bâţu and Others v. Romania
Struck out of the list
Berörda konventionsartiklar
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 17624/22 Nicolae-Leonard BÂŢU against Romania and 14 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 4 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 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 judgment.
In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications.
Accordingly, the cases should be struck 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 8 January 2026.
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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
17624/22
29/03/2022
Nicolae-Leonard BÂŢU
1984
Bâţu Marinela
Târgoviște
10/05/2022
11/02/2025
25/03/2025
19/05/2025
12/06/2025
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s representative
30884/22
28/11/2022
Rojel-Traian HOLBAN
1990
07/05/2024
11/02/2025
25/03/2025
19/05/2025
16/06/2025
Illegible signature
35948/22
23/09/2022
Emanuel-Nicu SAVIN
1976
08/11/2022
11/02/2025
25/03/2025
19/05/2025
Returned to sender on 30/07/2025 with mention “moved from address”
39716/22
08/09/2022
Florin-Gheorghe ŢÎRDEA
1988
16/01/2023
11/02/2025
25/03/2025
19/05/2025
10/06/2025
Illegible signature
40505/22
29/09/2022
Emanuel-Claudiu ARDELEAN
1996
06/10/2022
11/02/2025
25/03/2025
19/05/2025
Returned to sender on 30/07/2025 with mention “moved from address”
40529/22
16/08/2022
Ionuţ MIERE
1986
19/09/2022
11/02/2025
25/03/2025
19/05/2025
Returned to sender on 17/07/2025 with mention “unclaimed”
41378/22
15/09/2022
Alexandru RETEGAN
1966
08/10/2024
11/02/2025
25/03/2025
19/05/2025
10/06/2025
Signed for receipt by the applicant’s wife
41562/22
19/06/2023
Vasile-Costin DELIU
1996
02/08/2023
11/02/2025
25/03/2025
19/05/2025
11/06/2025
Illegible signature
43257/22
10/10/2022
Ramazan KARADOGAN
1963
22/11/2022
11/02/2025
25/03/2025
19/05/2025
Returned to sender on 06/08//2025 with mention “moved from address”
43724/22
05/10/2022
Augustin-Florin DEAC
1990
05/02/2025
11/02/2025
25/03/2025
19/05/2025
13/06/2025
Signed for receipt by the applicant
44013/22
11/10/2022
Gabor LĂCĂTUȘ
1982
17/11/2022
11/02/2025
25/03/2025
19/05/2025
12/06/2025
Illegible signature
45549/22
09/06/2023
Marian-Iulian MOCANU
1994
21/08/2023
11/02/2025
25/03/2025
19/05/2025
Returned to sender on 01/08/2025 with mention “unclaimed”
46492/22
06/02/2023
Daniel BABOI
1996
14/11/2024
11/02/2025
25/03/2025
19/05/2025
26/06/2025
Signed for receipt by the Mărgineni Prison’s representative
48784/22
28/11/2022
Marius FERARU
1980
20/01/2023
28/04/2025
10/06/2025
08/07/2025
Returned to sender on 04/08//2025 with mention “moved from address”
53216/22
12/12/2022
Marian DOBREA
1997
19/02/2024
08/04/2025
19/05/2025
08/07/2025
Returned to sender on 04/08//2025 with mention “moved from address”