Stoica and Others v. Romania
Struck out of the list
Berörda konventionsartiklar
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 37256/22 Dan STOICA against Romania and 10 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 26 March 2026 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 against Romania lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
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 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 to the Registry’s letter.
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) and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicants’ attention was 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 by the prison’s authorities (see details in the appended table).
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 application.
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 16 April 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
1.
37256/22
22/08/2022
Dan STOICA
1968
30/08/2022
19/05/2025
30/06/2025
28/08/2025
16/09/2025
Signed for receipt by the Jilava prison’s authorities
2.
43374/22
03/11/2022
Eugen-Petre MOTOI
1978
27/03/2023
19/05/2025
30/06/2025
28/08/2025
16/09/2025
Illegible signature
3.
46975/22
07/11/2022
Marţian-Ovidiu APATI
1987
21/12/2022
19/05/2025
30/06/2025
28/08/2025
17/09/2025
Signed for receipt by a relative of the applicant
4.
55399/22
30/01/2023
Ionuţ-Adrian GÎNGA
1995
16/03/2023
19/05/2025
30/06/2025
28/08/2025
24/09/2025
Signed for receipt by a relative of the applicant
5.
57005/22
08/02/2023
Mihai BĂNCUŢĂ
1997
15/02/2023
19/05/2025
30/06/2025
28/08/2025
16/09/2025
Illegible signature
6.
12503/23
18/04/2023
Nicu LAZĂR
1973
23/05/2023
22/05/2025
03/07/2025
12/09/2025
29/09/2025
Signed for receipt by the Jilava prison’s authorities
7.
14195/23
08/05/2023
George GRECU
1987
26/06/2023
22/05/2025
03/07/2025
12/09/2025
29/09/2025
Signed for receipt by the applicant
8.
14210/23
09/05/2023
Nicolae-Cosmin ZAHARIA
1985
20/06/2023
22/05/2025
03/07/2025
12/09/2025
06/10/2025
Illegible signature
9.
17474/23
06/06/2023
Valentin-Marian OANCE
1974
04/10/2023
22/05/2025
03/07/2025
12/09/2025
01/10/2025
Signed for receipt by the applicant
10.
21882/23
03/07/2023
Marcel RADU
1969
23/08/2023
22/05/2025
03/07/2025
08/08/2025
18/08/2025
Signed for receipt by the applicant
11.
22747/23
28/06/2023
Eusebiu-Nicolae AMĂRICUŢEI
2001
24/06/2025
22/05/2025
03/07/2025
08/08/2025
18/08/2025
Signed for receipt by a relative of the applicant