CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 25 novembre 2021

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vertical-align:top } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s37AF4F54 { width:11.54%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .s400263EB { width:18.68%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .s3F4D996C { width:9.72%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .sA932A34E { width:28.92%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .sC50AE8B1 { height:42.4pt } .sB217F55D { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; font-size:8pt }   FOURTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 57569/18 Ionel BUZDUGAN against Portugal and 10 other applications (see appended table)   The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 25   November 2021 as a Committee composed of:   Armen Harutyunyan, President,   Jolien Schukking,   Ana Maria Guerra Martins, 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 regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicants; Having regard to the fact that the Romanian Government did not express the wish to intervene in the present case with regard to applications nos.   57569/18, 11890/19, 20114/19, 25337/19, 25473/19, 39454/19, 40466/19 and 40468/19 (Article 36 § 1 of the Convention and Rule 44 § 1 (a) of the Rules of Court); Having deliberated, decides as follows: FACTS AND PROCEDURE The list of applicants is set out in the appended table. The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Portuguese Government (“the Government”). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention. THE LAW Joinder of the applications Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision. Complaints under Article 3 of the Convention (inadequate conditions of detention) Conditions of detention concerning the last period of detention In the present applications, having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that for the reasons stated below, the complaints about the conditions of detention are inadmissible. The applicants were detained in different prison facilities. During their last, most recent and/or current, period of detention, the applicants were detained at Funchal Prison (applications nos. 57569/18 and 25337/19), Vale de Judeus Prison (applications nos. 16350/19 and 23133/19), Carregueira Prison (applications nos. 25473/19, 39454/19, 40466/19 and 40468/19), Linhó Prison (application no. 11890/19), Leiria Prison (application no.   12476/19) and Sintra Prison (application no. 20114/19). Having regard to all of the available material and the parties’ arguments, the Court finds that it cannot be established that the applicants suffered in these prison facilities from severe overcrowding in detention of the kind that could entail, on its own, a violation of Article 3 (see Muršić v. Croatia [GC], no. 7334/13, 20 October 2016). Nor can it be found that the cumulative effect of the other aspects of the detention which the applicants complained about reached the threshold of severity required to characterise the treatment as inhuman or degrading within the meaning of Article 3 (see, Bokor v.   Portugal , no. 5227/18, § 34, 10 December 2020). In view of the above, the Court finds that these complaints are manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article   35   §§   3 and   4 of the Convention. 2. Conditions of detention before their last prison transfer Concerning applications nos. 57569/18, 11890/19, 16350/19, 20114/19, 23133/19, 25337/19, 25473/19, 40466/19 and 40468/19, in light of the conclusion above, the Court finds that the applicants’ transfer to the last prison facility interrupted the «continuing situation» of their conditions of detention. Therefore, the applicants’ complaints concerning the conditions of detention regarding the period prior to their last prison transfer are belated (see Ananyev and Others v. Russia , nos. 42525/07 and 60800/08, §§   77-78, 10   January 2012; and Eskerkhanov and Others v. Russia , nos. 18496/16 and 2 others, § 31, 25 July 2017) and must be rejected in accordance with Article   35   §§   1 and   4 of the Convention. Remaining complaints Some applicants also raised other complaints under various articles of the Convention. In applications nos. 11890/19, 12476/19, 25473/19, 39454/19, 40466/19, and 40468/19, relying on Article 3 of the Convention, the applicants complained of inhuman conditions of transport during their prison transfers. The Court notes that their most recent prison transfer had taken place more than six months before they lodged their applications with the Court. This complaint is thus belated and must be rejected in accordance with Article   35   §§   1 and   4 of the Convention. In applications nos. 16350/19 and 23133/19, invoking Article 8 of the Convention, the applicants complained that five-minute telephone calls per day were insufficient to maintain contact with their family and friends. The   Court notes that this limitation is established in section 132 of the prison regulation. Furthermore, the Committee on the Prevention Against Torture (CPT) has considered five minutes per day of telephone calls to be satisfactory (see Bădulescu v. Portugal , no. 33729/18, §§ 36-37, 20   October 2020). Given the other means of communication available to the applicants as detainees to maintain contact with their family and friends, it follows that this complaint is manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention. In application no. 12476/19, under Article 13 of the Convention, the applicant complained of the lack of an effective remedy to complain against the poor conditions of detention in Portugal. The Court notes that, according to the Court’s established case-law, Article 13 applies only where an individual has an “arguable claim” to be the victim of a violation of a   Convention right (see Boyle and Rice v. the United Kingdom , 27 April 1988, § 52, Series A no. 131). Having regard to the findings above in respect of the applicant’s complaints under Article 3 about the conditions of detention, the Court concludes that he did not have an “arguable claim”, and that therefore Article 13 is not applicable. It follows that this complaint must be rejected in accordance with Article   35   §§   3 and 4 of the Convention. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to join the applications; Declares the applications inadmissible. Done in English and notified in writing on 16 December 2021.     Viktoriya Maradudina   Armen Harutyunyan   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 Facility Start and end date Duration Sq. m per inmate Specific grievances     57569/18 26/11/2018 Ionel BUZDUGAN 1986 Peter Irina Maria Bucharest Judicial Police Prison 06/11/2013 to 09/11/2013 4 days             Judicial Police Prison 09/11/2013 to 09/01/2014 2 months and 1 day     Lisbon Central Prison 09/01/2014 to 18/04/2017 3 years and 3 months and 10   days               Funchal Prison 05/05/2017 to 18/10/2018 1 year and 5 months and 14   days 7 inmates 1.9 m² 1 toilet               2 inmates 1.9 m² 1 toilet       2 inmates 4 m² 1 toilet                   1 inmate 5.7 m² 1 toilet overcrowding, bunk beds, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of privacy for toilet, mouldy or dirty cell, lack or insufficient quantity of food, lack of or insufficient natural light, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, inadequate temperature, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, poor quality of food, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen     idem           overcrowding, bunk beds, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of privacy for toilet, mouldy or dirty cell, lack or insufficient quantity of food, lack of or insufficient natural light, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, inadequate temperature, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, poor quality of food, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen         mouldy or dirty cell, poor quality of food     11890/19 18/02/2019 Alexandru TAȘCĂ 1990 Peter Irina Maria Bucharest Judicial Police Prison 09/03/2012 to 13/04/2012 1 month and 5 days         Caxias Prison 13/04/2012 to 26/06/2015 3 years and 2 months and 13   days       Linhó Prison 26/06/2015 to 05/10/2018 3 years and 3 months and 9   days 2 inmates 3 m² 1 toilet           4 inmates 3 m²             1 inmate 6.4 m² 1 toilet poor quality of food, overcrowding, lack of fresh air, mouldy or dirty cell, inadequate temperature, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of or restricted access to leisure or educational activities     poor quality of food, overcrowding, lack of fresh air, mouldy or dirty cell, inadequate temperature, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of or restricted access to leisure or educational activities     poor quality of food, lack of fresh air     12476/19 22/02/2019 João Miguel SARREIRA ALBUQUERQUE 1973 Carreto Vítor Torres Vedras Leiria Prison 05/07/2018 to 03/10/2019 1 year and 2 months and 27   days 9 inmates 3.3 m² 1 toilet mouldy or dirty cell, noise     16350/19 19/03/2019 Mário GOMES REIS 1962 Carreto Vítor Torres Vedras Coimbra Prison 03/02/1995 to 04/04/2014 19 years and 2 months and 2   days     Vale de Judeus Prison 04/04/2014 pending More than 7 years and 6 months and 23 days 2 inmates 7 m²           1 inmate 5.4 m² 1 toilet mouldy or dirty cell, poor quality of food, no or restricted access to shower, overcrowding, passive smoking, limited access to the telephone         mouldy or dirty cell, poor quality of food, limited access to the telephone     20114/19 01/04/2019 Ionuț GEMĂNAR 1985 Peter Irina Maria Bucharest Lisbon Judicial Police Prison 06/06/2015 to 26/06/2015 20 days             Lisbon Prison 27/06/2015 to 12/01/2018 2 years and 6 months and 17   days           Sintra Prison 12/01/2018 to 05/11/2018 9 months and 25 days 2 inmates 4.85 m²                 2 inmates 5.2 m²                 3 inmates or individual cells >4.26 m² 1 toilet overcrowding, bunk beds, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of fresh air, poor quality of food, lack of hygienic facilities for courtyards, poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of privacy for toilet, infestation of cells with insects, mouldy or dirty cells, small courtyards, no access to potable water, inadequate temperature during winter, lack of toiletries     overcrowding, bunk beds, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of fresh air, poor quality of food, lack of hygienic facilities for courtyards, poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of privacy for toilet, infestation of cells with insects, mouldy or dirty cells, small courtyards, no access to potable water, inadequate temperature during winter, lack of toiletries     lack of hygienic facilities for courtyards, small courtyards, lack of toiletries     23133/19 11/04/2019 Lúcio NUNES MARIA 1968 Carreto Vítor Torres Vedras Torres Novas Police Prison 11/01/2012 to 13/01/2012 3 days         Torres Novas Prison 13/01/2012 to 23/01/2012 11 days     Lisbon Central Prison 23/01/2012 to 11/07/2013 1 year and 5 months and 20   days       Vale de Judeus Prison 11/07/2013 to 11/07/2019 6 years 1 inmate 7 m² 1 toilet           1 inmate 5 m² 1 toilet       1 inmate 5 m² 1 toilet           1 inmate 6.9 m² 1 toilet inadequate temperature, mouldy or dirty cell               passive smoking, poor quality food, overcrowding, inadequate temperature, lack of access to warm water       passive smoking, poor quality food, insufficient quantity of food, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of toiletries, inadequate temperature, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of requisite medical assistance, overcrowding     insufficient quantity of food, lack of toiletries     25337/19 03/05/2019 Eugen-Iulius HANDUC 1978 Peter Irina Maria Bucharest Lisbon Judicial Police Prison 07/12/2013 to 09/01/2014 1 month and 3 days             Lisbon Prison 09/01/2014 to 05/09/2016 2 years and 7 months and 28   days     Funchal Prison 05/09/2016 to 05/04/2019 2 years and 7 months and 1 day 2 inmates 4 m² 1 toilet               3 inmates 2.6 m² 1 toilet         1 inmate 5.5 m² 1 toilet overcrowding, bunk beds, lack of privacy for toilet, inadequate temperature during winter, poor quality of bedding and bed linen, insufficient natural light, mouldy or dirty cell, poor quality of food, flooded cells, infestation of cells with insects, lack of electric light, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to shower, concrete bed, lack of dental office     idem             poor quality of food, absence of a dental office     25473/19 03/05/2019 Ionel BENCHEA 1973 Peter Irina Maria Bucharest Lisboa Judicial Police Prison 09/03/2012 to 13/04/2012 1 month and 5 days         Caxias Prison 13/04/2012 to 15/07/2015 3 years and 3 months and 3   days       Carregueira Prison 15/07/2015 to 12/07/2019 3 years and 11 months and 28   days 4 inmates 4 m²             4 inmates 3 m² 1 toilet           5 inmates 4,8 m² 1 toilet bunk beds, poor quality of bedding and bed linen, poor quality of food, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, inadequate temperature during winter, mouldy or dirty cells, lack of fresh air, only having access to one telephone call per day, overcrowding     bunk beds, poor quality of bedding and bed linen, poor quality of food, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, inadequate temperature during winter, mouldy or dirty cells, lack of fresh air, only having access to one telephone call per day, overcrowding     poor quality of bedding and bed linen, poor quality of food     39454/19 15/07/2019 Ioan ROSUŞ 1984 Peter Irina Maria Bucharest Carregueira Prison 04/11/2011 pending More than 9 years and 11   months and 23 days 5 inmates 4.6 m² 1 toilet poor quality of bedding and bed linen, poor quality of food   40466/19 15/07/2019 Ion RADU 1976 Peter Irina Maria Bucharest Faro Prison 30/01/2007 to 06/02/2007 8 days     Lisbon Central Prison 06/02/2007 to 07/11/2008 1 year and 9 months and 2 days       Carregueira Prison 07/11/2008 pending More than 12 years and 11   months and 20 days 21 inmates 2.6 m² 1 toilet       2 inmates 3 m² 1 toilet         5 inmates 4.8 m² 1 toilet overcrowding, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air       overcrowding, bunk beds, poor quality of bedding and bed linen, poor quality of food, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, inadequate temperature during winter, mouldy or dirty cells, lack of fresh air     poor quality of bedding and bed linen, poor quality   of food   40468/19 15/07/2019 Dumitru PEKURA 1977 Peter Irina Maria Bucharest Lisbon Central Prison 21/10/2001 to 05/12/2012 11 years and 1 month and 15   days     Carregueira Prison 05/12/2012 to 17/04/2019 6 years and 4 months and 13   days 2 inmates 3 m² 1 toilet         5 inmates 4.6 m² 1 toilet overcrowding, bunk beds, poor quality of bedding and bed linen, poor quality of food, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, inadequate temperature during winter, mouldy or dirty cells, lack of fresh air     poor quality of bedding and bed linen, poor quality of food