Buzatu and Others v. Romania
Struck out of the list
Berörda konventionsartiklar
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 10197/22 Marin BUZATU against Romania and 9 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 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 received by the applicants or the applicants’ relatives (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, 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 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
Date of the
applicant’s last
letter to the Court
Date of sending
Government’s
observations to
the applicant
Time-limit for
submission of the response
by the applicant
Date of the Court’s
registered letter
Date of receipt of the registered letter
10197/22
15/03/2022
Marin BUZATU
1970
20/04/2022
31/03/2025
12/05/2025
25/07/2025
08/08/2025
Signed for receipt by the Pelendava prison’s authorities
11372/22
18/03/2022
Fănel ‑ Pantelie SAFTA
1978
25/11/2024
31/03/2025
12/05/2025
25/07/2025
14/08/2025
Signed for receipt by the Craiova prison’s authorities
11378/22
07/06/2022
Ionuţ ‑ Neculai GUZU
1992
01/07/2022
31/03/2025
12/05/2025
25/07/2025
08/08/2025
Signed for receipt by the applicant
11393/22
28/03/2022
Ciprian ‑ Ionuţ CIOBANU
1979
02/05/2022
31/03/2025
12/05/2025
25/07/2025
07/08/2025
Signed for receipt by the applicant
13062/22
30/03/2022
Petru SZŐCSI
1967
23/05/2022
31/03/2025
12/05/2025
25/07/2025
08/08/2025
Illegible signature
13300/22
12/07/2022
Florin HELMEGEANU
1981
19/07/2022
31/03/2025
12/05/2025
25/07/2025
07/08/2025
Signed for receipt by the applicant
16826/22
10/05/2022
Mihai VARGA
1974
27/06/2022
31/03/2025
12/05/2025
25/07/2025
07/08/2025
Signed for receipt by a relative of the applicant
19908/22
23/05/2022
Florin ‑ Dumitru NIŢĂ
1991
18/02/2025
31/03/2025
12/05/2025
25/07/2025
08/08/2025
Signed for receipt by the Vaslui
prison’s authorities
25834/22
06/07/2022
Valentin MURGULEŢ
1988
15/07/2022
31/03/2025
12/05/2025
25/07/2025
12/08/2025
Signed for receipt by a relative of the applicant
32214/22
26/07/2022
Petre IŞTOC
1962
21/10/2024
31/03/2025
12/05/2025
25/07/2025
14/08/2025
Illegible signature