CEDH · CASELAW;JUDGMENTS;COMMITTEE;ENG — 8 mars 2018

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ROMANIA   (Application no. 7219/14 and 26 other applications)                 JUDGMENT   This judgment was revised in accordance with Rule 80 of the Rules of Court in a judgment of 7 March 2019.     STRASBOURG   8 March 2018         This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.   In the case of Iliaș and Others v. Romania, The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:   Vincent A. De Gaetano, President,   Georges Ravarani,   Marko Bošnjak, judges, and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 15 February 2018, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date: PROCEDURE 1.     The case originated in 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. 2.     The applications were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”). THE FACTS 3.     The list of applicants and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table. 4.     The applicants complained of the inadequate conditions of their detention. THE LAW I.     JOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS 5.     Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single judgment. II.   ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE   3 OF THE CONVENTION 6.     The applicants complained of the inadequate conditions of their detention. They relied on Article 3 of the Convention, which reads as follows: Article 3 “No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” 7.     The Court notes that the applicants were kept in detention in poor conditions. The details of the applicants’ detention are indicated in the appended table. The Court refers to the principles established in its case ‑ law regarding inadequate conditions of detention (see, for instance, Muršić v.   Croatia [GC], no.   7334/13, §§   96 ‑ 101, ECHR 2016). It reiterates in particular that a serious lack of space in a prison cell weighs heavily as a factor to be taken into account for the purpose of establishing whether the detention conditions described are “degrading” from the point of view of Article   3 and may disclose a violation, both alone or taken together with other shortcomings (see Muršić , cited above, §§   122   ‑ 141, and Ananyev and Others v. Russia , nos.   42525/07 and 60800/08, §§   149 ‑ 159, 10   January 2012). 8.     In the pilot case of Rezmiveș and Others v. Romania, nos. 61467/12 and 3 others, 25 April 2017, the Court already found a violation in respect of issues similar to those in the present cases. 9.     Having examined all the material submitted to it, the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of persuading it to reach a different conclusion on the admissibility and merits of these complaints. Having regard to its case-law on the subject, the Court considers that in the instant cases the applicants’ conditions of detention were inadequate. 10.     These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article 3 of the Convention. IV.     APPLICATION OF ARTICLE   41 OF THE CONVENTION 11.     Article   41 of the Convention provides: “If the Court finds that there has been a violation of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, and if the internal law of the High Contracting Party concerned allows only partial reparation to be made, the Court shall, if necessary, afford just satisfaction to the injured party.” 12.     Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case ‑ law (see, in particular, Rezmiveș and Others v. Romania, nos. 61467/12 and 3 others, 25 April 2017, §§ 78-79), the Court considers it reasonable to award the sums indicated in the appended table. 13.     The Court considers it appropriate that the default interest rate should be based on the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank, to which should be added three percentage points. FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT, UNANIMOUSLY, 1.     Decides to join the applications;   2.     Declares the applications admissible;   3.     Holds that they disclose a breach of Article   3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention;   5.     Holds (a)     that the respondent State is to pay the applicants, within three   months, the amounts indicated in the appended table, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement; (b)     that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points. Done in English, and notified in writing on 8 March 2018, pursuant to Rule   77   §§   2 and 3 of the Rules of Court.   Liv Tigerstedt   Vincent A. De Gaetano 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 name Date of birth   Facility Start and end date Duration Sq. m. per inmate Specific grievances Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant (in euros) [1]     7219/14 14/07/2014 Ioan Iliaș 24/06/1970 Mărgineni Penitentiary 20/02/2012 to 09/12/2014 2 years and 9   months and 19   days     1.8 - 2.3 m² overcrowding, no or restricted access to potable water, lack of fresh air, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, poor quality of food, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack or inadequate furniture, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of toiletries, inadequate temperature 3,000     17121/14 25/03/2014 Ioan Mich 01/03/1963 Maramureș Police Inspectorate, Gherla, Rahova and Baia Mare Penitentiaries 08/10/2012 to 13/09/2016 3 years and 11   months and 6   days     1.3 - 2.7 m² overcrowding, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of fresh air, lack or inadequate furniture, no or restricted access to shower, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack or insufficient quantity of food, poor quality of food, two concrete beds, lack of or insufficient natural light, inadequate transport conditions     3,000     32843/14 22/07/2014 Cătălin-Vasile Brumă 27/09/1977 Cluj Police Inspectorate, Gherla, Bistrița Penitentiaries 19/01/2013 to 30/06/2015 2 years and 5   months and 10   days 1.2 - 2.1 m² overcrowding (save for the period of 08/10/2014 – 11/02/2015), lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of toilet in the courtyard, poor quality of food 3,000     48916/14 31/07/2014 Romeo Gavril Rostaș 17/12/1979 Gherla Penitentiary 20/07/2012 pending More than 5 years and 4 months and 17 days   2,2 m² overcrowding, poor quality of food, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of fresh air         5,000     54119/14 29/05/2015 Aldisio Andrea Zappa 06/03/1954 Oradea, Arad and Aiud Penitentiaries 26/04/2012 pending More than 5 years and 7 months and 9   days   2 - 2.9 m² overcrowding, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, inadequate transport conditions, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air, mouldy or dirty cell, lack or inadequate furniture 5,000     60427/14 06/10/2014 Bogdănel Ion Drăgan 10/11/1977 Aiud, Arad Penitentiaries Rahova Hospital Penitentiary 14/10/2013 Pending   More than 4 years and 1 month and 23   days   1.5 m² overcrowding, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack or inadequate furniture, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, poor quality of food, no or restricted access to warm water, inadequate temperature         3,000     71181/14 26/12/2014 Ștefan-Marian Machedon 03/08/1974 Miercurea Ciuc Penitentiary 17/12/2015 pending More than 1 year and 11 months and 25 days   1.5 - 1.7 m² overcrowding, lack of or inadequate furniture, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, mouldy or dirty cell 3,000     78237/14 13/01/2015 Măzărel Bălan 27/06/1961 Iași Penitentiary 07/08/2014 pending More than 3 years and 4 months 1.2 - 2.4 m² overcrowding, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, inadequate temperature, lack of or inadequate furniture, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, poor quality of food, no or restricted access to warm water 3,000     11696/15 03/03/2015 Niculai Tînjelaru 16/01/1968 Bucharest Central Arrest, Rahova, Colibași, Jilava Penitentiaries 03/10/2010 pending More than 7 years and 2 months and 2   days 1 - 2.9 m² overcrowding, lack of fresh air, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, poor quality of food, poor quality of potable water, lack of or inadequate furniture, infestation of cell with insects/rodents     5,000   17945/16 21/04/2016   15551/15 27/04/2015 Costin-Ioan Bucur 11/05/1979 Miercurea Ciuc Penitentiary 20/02/2015 to 12/06/2015 3 months and 24   days 1.3 - 2 m² overcrowding, poor quality of food, lack of or inadequate furniture, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air   1,000   19789/15 18/06/2015 Ionel Rizan 08/07/1978 Slobozia Penitentiary 14/10/2014 to 13/07/2015 9 months 1.6 - 2.2 m² overcrowding, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, poor quality of food, poor quality of potable water, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of or inadequate furniture 1,000   25003/15 30/12/2015 Octavian-Alexandru Vrapciu 08/06/1974   Represented by Bizău Victoriţa, Schwanstetten Buzău Police Inspectorate, Penitentiaries of Mândrești (Focșani) and Mărgineni 23/08/2014 pending More than 3 years and 3 months and 12 days 1.3 - 2 m² overcrowding, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, mouldy or dirty cell, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of or inadequate furniture, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of fresh air, poor quality of food 3,000   30271/15 10/02/2016 Robert-Marian Predoi 11/06/1986 Rahova, Aiud Penitentiaries 20/11/2014 to 27/06/2016 1 year and 7   months and 8   days   1.9 - 2.6 m² overcrowding (save for the period of 12/11/2015 – 27/06/2016), lack of furniture, poor quality of food, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, inadequate temperature, lack of or inadequate furniture 3,000   39844/15 23/09/2015 Eduard Gabriel Mihai 21/08/1991 Penitentiaries of Mărgineni, Tichilești, Ploiești and Găești 22/02/2012 to 01/11/2016 4 years and 8   months and 11   days   1.4 - 2.7 m² overcrowding, lack of or insufficient natural light, inadequate temperature, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of or inadequate furniture, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, mouldy or dirty cell, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet   3,000   43775/15 22/09/2015 Vasile-Adrian Oachiș 13/08/1971   Represented by Ilie Gina-Nicoleta Bucharest   Gherla Penitentiary 22/05/2014 to 22/06/2016 2 years and 1   month and 2 days     1.8 - 2.9 m² overcrowding, poor quality of food, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of fresh air 3,000   48443/15 26/11/2015 Gigi-Costel Teodorov 26/12/1977 Tulcea Penitentiary 23/10/2014 pending More than 3 years and 1 month and 19   days       1.7 - 1.8 m² overcrowding, lack of fresh air, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, inadequate temperature, poor quality of food, lack of or inadequate furniture 3,000   49062/15 13/10/2015 Claudiu-Costel Corduneanu 20/05/1985 Bacău, Iași, Vaslui Penitentiaries 23/10/2014 pending More than 3 years and 1 month and 12   days 1.2 -2.1 m² overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, poor quality of food, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of or restricted access to leisure or educational activities, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to running water, lack of or inadequate furniture   3,000   52291/15 26/11/2015 Alin-Corneliu Albert 23/07/1991 Miercurea Ciuc Penitentiary 30/09/2013 pending More than 4 years and 2 months and 12 days 1.5 - 1.7 m² overcrowding, lack of or inadequate furniture, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities 3,000   52882/15 07/03/2016 Victor-Bogdan Duduman 22/06/1983   Represented by Peter Irina Maria Bucharest Bucharest Central Police Arrest and Penitentiaries of Rahova, Giurgiu and Jilava 07/09/2012 pending More than 5 years and 3 months and 5   days   1.4 -2.1 m² overcrowding, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, mouldy or dirty cell, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of or inadequate furniture, inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air, poor quality of food 5,000   53007/15 20/11/2015 Daniel Varga 17/11/1984 Gherla Penitentiary 04/03/2009 pending More than 8 years and 9 months and 10 days   1.9 - 2.7 m² overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of or insufficient natural light, mouldy or dirty cell 5,000   55564/15 26/11/2015 Petre-Alin Gabor 31/08/1987 Miercurea Ciuc Penitentiary 14/01/2013 to 05/02/2016 3 years and 23 days     1.5 -1.8 m² overcrowding, lack of fresh air, poor quality of food, inadequate temperature, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of or inadequate furniture, mouldy or dirty cell   3,000   55581/15 08/12/2015 Daniel-Georginel Ion 28/05/1986 Penitentiaries of Ploiești, Aiud, Codlea, Miercurea Ciuc and Mărgineni 25/06/2010 pending More than 7 years and 5 months and 18 days     1.45 - 2.1 m² overcrowding, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or inadequate furniture, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of fresh air, poor quality of food   5,000   56698/15 08/03/2016 Gabriel-Lili Gorgos 19/09/1977 Iași, Vaslui Penitentiaries 27/05/2015 pending More than 2 years and 6 months and 16 days   1.3 - 2.9 m² overcrowding, poor quality of food, lack of or inadequate furniture, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or restricted access to leisure or educational activities 3,000   59198/15 09/02/2016 Marian-Dan Sălăgean 29/01/1987 Aiud Penitentiary 31/05/2010 to 10/05/2016 5 years and 11   months and 11   days   1.6 - 2.5 m² overcrowding, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of or restricted access to leisure or educational activities, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or inadequate furniture, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of privacy for toilet, inadequate temperature   5,000   61143/15 25/02/2016 Mihai Farcașanu 01/04/1957 Neamț Police Inspectorate, Bacău, Vaslui Penitentiaries 07/10/2014 pending More than 3 years and 2 months and 6   days   2 - 2.9 m² overcrowding, inadequate and insufficient furniture, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of fresh air, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, inadequate temperature, lack of privacy for toilet   3,000   9517/16 07/03/2016 Daniel Enache 26/02/1988 Miercurea Ciuc Penitentiary 25/04/2013 pending More than 4   years and 7   months and 18   days 1.3 - 1.9 m² overcrowding, lack of fresh air, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or inadequate furniture, lack of or restricted access to leisure or educational activities, lack of or insufficient natural light, poor quality of food   3,000   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.