CEDH · CASELAW;JUDGMENTS;COMMITTEE;ENG — 16 décembre 2021

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ROMANIA (Application no. 58704/16 and 19 others – see appended list)             JUDGMENT   STRASBOURG 16 December 2021   This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Stanciu and Others v. Romania, The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:   Armen Harutyunyan, President,   Jolien Schukking,   Ana Maria Guerra Martins, judges, and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 25 November 2021, 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 Romanian Government (“the   Government”) were given notice of the applications. 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 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. 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   ‑ 41, and Ananyev and Others v.   Russia , nos.   42525/07 and 60800/08, §§   149 ‑ 59, 10   January 2012). 8.     In the leading 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 case. 9.     Having examined all the material submitted to it and the arguments raised by the parties, including the Government’s objection related to the non ‑ exhaustion of domestic remedies, 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 (including its findings in the recent case of Polgar v.   Romania , no. 39412/19, §§ 94-97, 20   July 2021), the Court considers that in the instant case the applicants’ conditions of detention, as described in the table appended below, were inadequate. 10.     These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article   3 of the Convention. REMAINING COMPLAINTS 11.     In applications nos. 61956/16, 1088/17, 2922/17, 3119/17, 5012/17 and 6662/17, the applicants also raised other complaints under Article 3 of the Convention. 12.     The Court has examined the applications listed in the appended table and considers that, in the light of all the material in its possession and in so far as the matters complained of are within its competence, these complaints either do not meet the admissibility criteria set out in Articles   34 and   35 of the Convention or do not disclose any appearance of a violation of the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Convention or the Protocols thereto. It follows that this part of the applications must be rejected in accordance with Article   35   §   4 of the Convention. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE   41 OF THE CONVENTION 13.     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.” 14.     Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case ‑ law (see, in particular, Rezmiveș and Others, cited above), the Court considers it reasonable to award the sums indicated in the appended table. 15.     The Court further finds 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, Decides to join the applications; Declares the complaints concerning the inadequate conditions of detention, for the periods specified in the appended table, admissible,   and the remainder of the applications inadmissible; Holds that these complaints disclose a breach of Article   3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention for the periods specified in the appended table below; 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 16 December 2021, pursuant to Rule   77   §§   2 and   3 of the Rules of Court.     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 Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant (in euros) [1]     58704/16 17/11/2016 Gheorghiță Gabriel STANCIU 1980 Cezara-Maria Nichita-Costescu Timișoara Bacău, Timișoara and Arad Prisons 23/10/2004 to 21/03/2017 12 year(s) and 4   month(s) and 27   day(s) 1.25-1.5 m² overcrowding (save for 10/03/2010-15/01/2015), bunk beds, lack of fresh air, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, mouldy or dirty cell, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, poor quality of food, no or restricted access to warm water, lack of toiletries, lack of or restricted access to leisure or educational activities, no or restricted access to toilet   5,000     61442/16 10/10/2016 Vasile BABA 1960     Cluj County Police, Gherla and Bistrița Prisons and Dej Prison Hospital 22/02/2014 to 21/06/2017 3 year(s) and 4   month(s) 1.38-2.45 m² overcrowding (save for 29/04-13/05/2015, 10 ‑ 12/06/2015, 15/12/2015-04/01/2016, 19 ‑ 22/02/2016, 17/01-21/06/2017), lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to running water, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, no or restricted access to warm water, 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, bunk beds   3,000     61731/16 19/10/2016 George-Teodor NEPOTU 1967     Tulcea, Arad and Giurgiu Prisons 30/12/2010 to 07/09/2016 5 year(s) and 8   month(s) and 9   day(s) 1.39-2.80 m² overcrowding (save for 15/02 - 24/10/2011 and 24/02/2012 - 25/03/2013), mouldy or dirty cell, lack or inadequate furniture, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of fresh air, bunk beds, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, infestation of cell with insects/rodents   5,000     61735/16 17/10/2016 Andrei MAKARA 1978 Vasile Rareş Biro Satu Mare Satu Mare County Police and Oradea and Satu Mare Prisons 19/03/2012 to 03/05/2017 5 year(s) and 1   month(s) and 15   day(s) 1.16-2.89 m²   overcrowding (save for 21/01-13/06/2013; 17/07 ‑ 10/09/2013; 25-27/01/2016 and 05 ‑ 11/07/2016), lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack or inadequate furniture, poor quality of food, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of privacy for toilet   5,000     61956/16 20/12/2016 Culai-Florin PAŞCANU 1970     Vaslui, Tulcea, Gaești and Iași Prisons 15/12/2015 to 19/04/2017 1 year(s) and 4   month(s) and 5   day(s) 1.23-1.96 m² overcrowding (save for 15-26/09/2016; 18 ‑ 22/11/2016; 16/12/2016-25/01/2017; 31/01 ‑ 14/03/2017 and 16/03-19/04/2017), lack or inadequate furniture, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, poor quality of food, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of privacy for toilet, poor quality of potable water   3,000     62478/16 20/10/2016 Valeriu-Cătălin VOICU 1977 Ionela Mărgărit Bucharest Poarta-Albă Prison Hospital and Galați and Brăila Prisons 21/01/2016 to 30/05/2017 1 year(s) and 4   month(s) and 10   day(s) 1.2-2.1 m² overcrowding (save for 21-25/02/2016; 22 ‑ 25/02/2016; 11/01/2017 and 11/03-05/07/2016), lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack or inadequate furniture, no or restricted access to warm water, no or restricted access to running water or to potable water, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light   3,000     62487/16 20/10/2016 Gheorghe MISTREANU 1981 Ionela Mărgărit Bucharest Rahova and Brăila Prisons 28/12/2014 to 11/10/2016 1 year(s) and 9   month(s) and 14   day(s) 1.66-2.53 m² overcrowding, bunk beds, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack or inadequate furniture, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, mouldy or dirty cell, no or restricted access to warm water, poor quality of food   3,000     66377/16 16/01/2017 Ionuț-Daniel PÎȘCU 1993     Gorj County Police, Bariera Vâlcii Juvenile Detention Centre and Târgu-Jiu Prison 27/07/2013 to 14/02/2017 3 year(s) and 6   month(s) and 19   day(s) 0.93-2.24 m² overcrowding (save for 27/07-08/09/2013 and 12/09/2013), bunk beds, lack or inadequate furniture, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or insufficient natural light, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to shower, no or restricted access to running water, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, poor quality of food, insufficient number of sleeping places, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, inadequate temperature   3,000     78592/16 06/12/2016 Alexandru CACIUR 1990 Cezara-Maria Nichita-Costescu Timișoara Caraș-Severin County Police, Timișoara Prison and Jilava Prison Hospital 23/06/2014 to 24/05/2017 2 year(s) and 11   month(s) and 2   day(s) 2-2.27 m² overcrowding (save for 26/06-02/07/2014; 20 ‑ 23/10/2014; 03-20/11/2014; 28-29/08/2015 and 23/03/2016-24/05/2017), no or restricted access to shower, poor quality of food, lack of toiletries, insufficient number of sleeping places, constant electric light, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of fresh air, lack or inadequate furniture, no or restricted access to warm water   3,000   79488/16 06/02/2017 Marian BĂLTEANU 1993     Vaslui and Găești Prisons 10/06/2015 to 30/11/2016 1 year(s) and 5   month(s) and 21   day(s) 1.91-2.29 m²   overcrowding (save for 22/08-30/11/2016), bunk beds, lack of fresh air, lack or inadequate furniture, poor quality of food, no or restricted access to potable water, infestation of cell with insects/rodents   3,000   164/17 06/02/2017 Ionel DAVID 1990     Călărași County Police and Slobozia, Rahova, Tulcea and Giurgiu Prisons 19/08/2010 to 31/08/2017 7 year(s) and 13   day(s)   1.39-2.88 m² overcrowding (save for 05-12/10/2011; 01 ‑ 10/10/2013 and 18/05/2016-02/05/2017), no or restricted access to shower, poor quality of food, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, no or restricted access to potable water 5,000   1088/17 15/12/2016 Cătălin-Dragoş RĂCĂŞAN 1976     Tulcea Prison 08/07/2013 to 19/10/2016 3 year(s) and 3   month(s) and 12   day(s) 1.39-2.98 m² overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack or inadequate furniture, poor quality of potable water, no or restricted access to shower, poor quality of food   3,000   1298/17 15/12/2016 Marian GAGIU 1986 Cătălina Gagiu Suceava Suceava Police and Botoșani Prison 29/01/2014 to 04/10/2016 2 year(s) and 8   month(s) and 6   day(s) 1.9-2.1 m² overcrowding, no or restricted access to running water, no or restricted access to warm water 3,000   2922/17 21/12/2016 Cornel CHIRIŢĂ 1984     Mărgineni and Ploiești Prisons 17/01/2013 to 26/08/2016 3 year(s) and 7   month(s) and 10   day(s) 1.08-2.53 m² overcrowding (save for 31/07-18/08/2014), lack of fresh air, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to warm water, no or restricted access to shower, lack or inadequate furniture, poor quality of food, passive smoking, mouldy or dirty cell   3,000   2990/17 20/12/2016 Maricel-Ioan POPOV 1989 Daniela Tonică Huși Iași, Vaslui and Târgu-Ocna Prisons 25/04/2014 to 08/11/2016 2 year(s) and 6   month(s) and 15   day(s) 1.28-2.38 m² overcrowding, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, no or restricted access to warm water, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of fresh air, mouldy or dirty cell, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water   3,000   3119/17 15/12/2016 Octav-Lucreţiu FECHETE 1966 Vasile Rareş Biro Satu Mare Oradea and Satu Mare Prisons 25/11/2011 to 15/11/2016 4 year(s) and 11   month(s) and 22   day(s) 1.5 - 2.2 m² overcrowding, lack or inadequate furniture, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, no or restricted access to warm water, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or insufficient natural light, constant electric light, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to shower, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, poor quality of food, lack of privacy for toilet   3,000   4940/17 29/12/2016 Boby-Jozsef REZMŰVES 1981 Vasile Rareş Biro Satu Mare Oradea and Satu Mare Prisons 10/11/2015 to 25/07/2017 1 year(s) and 8   month(s) and 16   day(s) 1.44-2.05 m² overcrowding (save for 10/11-02/12/2015), lack or inadequate furniture, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, constant electric light, poor quality of food, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air   3,000   5012/17 06/01/2017 Francisc SZŐCSI 1976 Vasile Rareş Biro Satu Mare Oradea and Satu Mare Prisons 11/07/2014 to 23/11/2016 2 year(s) and 4   month(s) and 13   day(s) 1.39-2.77 m² overcrowding (save for 29-30/12/2015), lack of fresh air, lack or inadequate furniture, poor quality of food, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to shower, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of privacy for toilet   3,000   5586/17 14/12/2016 Dănuț MANOLE 1981 Vasile Rareş Biro Satu Mare Oradea and Satu Mare Prisons 14/01/2016 to 29/11/2016 10 month(s) and 16   day(s) 1.30-2.05 m²   overcrowding (save for 14/01-04/02/2016), lack of fresh air, lack or inadequate furniture, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, no or restricted access to shower, no or restricted access to warm water, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of or insufficient natural light, poor quality of food, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air   1,000   6662/17 06/01/2017 Istvan Csaba NAGY 1975 Vasile Rareş Biro Satu Mare Satu Mare Prison 09/12/2014 to 13/09/2016 1 year(s) and 9   month(s) and 5   day(s) 1.30-1.45 m² overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of privacy for toilet, mouldy or dirty cell, no or restricted access to potable water, lack or inadequate furniture, lack of fresh air, poor quality of food, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, inadequate temperature, lack of or insufficient natural light, no or restricted access to warm water, bunk beds   3,000   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.