CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 29 juin 2023

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padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .sB217F55D { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; font-size:8pt } .sD7ECC7F1 { width:18.92%; border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } FOURTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 42563/21 Joaquim Laurentino OLIVEIRA RODRIGUES against Portugal and 5 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 29   June 2023 as a Committee composed of:   Tim Eicke , President ,   Branko Lubarda,   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 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) 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. Conditions of detention concerning the last period of detention The applicants were detained in different prison facilities. During their last, most recent and/or entire period of their detention (for further details see appended table), the applicants were detained at Caxias Prison (applications nos. 42563/21 and 60352/21), Carregueira Prison (applications nos.   42781/21 and 59170/21), Prison Hospital of Caxias and Central Prison of Lisbon (application no. 59170/21) and Vale de Judeus Prison (applications nos.   60342/21 and 60356/21). Having regard to all the available material and the parties’ arguments, the Court finds that it cannot establish that the applicants suffered in these prison facilities from severe overcrowding 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 , (dec.) no.5227/18, §   34, 10   December 2020). It follows that the complaints concerning these periods of detention in the facilities indicated above (for further details see the appended table) are manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article   35   §§   3 a) and   4 of the Convention. Conditions of detention before the last prison transfer (applications nos. 60352/21 and 60356/21) Concerning additional complaints under Article 3 raised in applications nos. 60352/21 (about the conditions of detention in the Lisbon Judicial Police Prison) and 60356/21 (about the conditions of detention in the Lisbon Central Prison), in light of the conclusion above, the Court finds that the applicants’ transfer to a prison with adequate conditions of detention interrupted the “continuing situation” of their conditions of detention. Therefore, the complaints concerning the conditions of detention prior to their last prison transfer are belated (see Ananyev and Others v. Russia , nos. 42525/07 and 60800/08, §§ 75-78, 10   January 2012). Accordingly, these complaints must be rejected in accordance with Article   35   §§   1 and   4 of the Convention. Remaining complaints Under Article 13 of the Convention, the applicants in applications nos.   42781/21, 59170/21, 60342/21, 60352/21 and 60356/21, complained of the lack of an effective remedy in respect of their conditions of detention. The   Court notes that, according to its established case-law, Article 13 of the Convention applied only where an individual has an “arguable claim” to be victim of a violation of a Convention right (see Boyle and Rice v.   the United Kingdom , 27 April 1988, § 52, Series A no. 131; and Narcisio v.   Netherlands (dec.), no. 47810/99, 27 January 2005). Having regard to the findings above as to the applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention about their conditions of detention, the Court concludes that they are not “arguable” for the purpose of Article 13. It follows that this part of the applications must be rejected in accordance with Article   35   §   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 20 July 2023.     Viktoriya Maradudina   Tim Eicke   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     42563/21 21/09/2021 Joaquim Laurentino OLIVEIRA RODRIGUES 1970 Carlos Geremia Folkestone, UK Caxias Prison 02/07/2021 to 04/06/2022 11 months and 3 days     Caxias Prison 04/06/2022 to 13/06/2022 10 days     Caxias Prison 13/06/2022 to 15/07/2022 1 month and 3 days 4 inmates 3.21 m² 1 toilet       6 inmates 6.10 m² 1 toilet       3 inmates 3.21 m² 1 toilet poor quality of food, psychological distress         idem           idem     42781/21 18/08/2021 Vitor Manuel FIDALGO FAUSTO 1977 Carreto Vítor Torres Vedras Carregueira Prison 12/02/2016 to 19/01/2021 4 years and 11 months and 8 days     Carregueira Prison 19/01/2021 to 12/05/2022 1 year and 3 months and 24 days     Carregueira Prison 12/05/2022 to 22/10/2022 5 months and 11 days 5 inmates 6.10 m² 1 toilet         6 inmates 5.09 m² 1 toilet       3 inmates 7 m² 1 toilet lack of fresh air, inadequate temperature, lack of or insufficient natural light         idem           idem     59170/21 30/11/2021 Manuel José LOUREIRO COSTA 1947 Carreto Vítor Torres Vedras Prison Hospital of Caxias 16/10/2021 to 25/10/2021 10 days     Central Prison of Lisbon 25/10/2021 to 15/12/2021 1 month and 21 days     Carregueira Prison 15/12/2021 to 21/02/2022 2 months and 7 days 2 inmates 2.5-3.5 m² 1 toilet       2 inmates 5.88 m² 1 toilet       6 inmates 5.09 m² 1 toilet lack of or insufficient quantity of food, poor quality of food         lack of or insufficient quantity of food, poor quality of food         poor quality of food, lack of or insufficient quantity of food     60342/21 03/12/2021 Mário Hugo TEIXEIRA   LOPES 1982 Vítor Carreto Torres Vedras Vale de Judeus Prison 30/04/2019 to 20/12/2021 2 years and 7 months and 21   days 1 inmate 5.70 m² 1 toilet   absence of an alarm system in the cell, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of or insufficient preventive and control measures of the COVID-19 pandemic     60352/21 03/12/2021 Paulo Luís DA SILVA ANTUNES 1981 Vítor Carreto Torres Vedras Lisbon Judicial Police Prison 12/11/2019 to 27/11/2019 16 days     ***   Caxias Prison 27/11/2019 to 22/04/2020 4 months and 27 days     Caxias Prison 22/04/2020 to 25/01/2021 9 months and 4 days     Caxias Prison 25/01/2021 to 02/12/2021 10 months and 8 days     Caxias Prison 02/12/2021 to 28/01/2022 1 month and 27 days 2 inmates 1 toilet         ***   3 inmates 3.67 m² 1 toilet       6 inmates 5.86 m² 1 toilet       3 inmates 3.67 m² 1 toilet       6 inmates 7.25 m² 1 toilet inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air, absence of an alarm system in the cell, lack of requisite medical assistance, overcrowding   ***   absence of an alarm system in the cell, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient quantity of food       idem           idem           idem     60356/21 03/12/2021 Ivandro António REIS LOPES 1980 Vítor Carreto Torres Vedras Lisbon Central Prison 11/01/2011 to 10/10/2013 2 years and 9 months                 ***   Vale de Judeus Prison 11/12/2015 pending More than 7 years and 5 months and 6 days 2 inmates 1.75 m² 1 toilet                   ***   1 inmate 5.70 m² 1 toilet overcrowding, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of requisite medical assistance, inadequate temperature, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, mouldy or dirty cell, passive smoking, lack of or insufficient preventive and control measures of COVID-19 pandemic   ***   inadequate temperature, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of or insufficient preventive and control measures of COVID-19 pandemic