CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 23 novembre 2023

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The applicant’s complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”). THE LAW Complaints under Article 3 of the Convention (inadequate conditions of detention) The applicant complained of the inadequate conditions of his detention. He relied on Article 3 of the Convention. The Government argued mainly that the applicant had lost his victim status because he had benefitted from the remedy offered by Law no.169/2017 amending and completing Law no. 254/2013 on the execution of sentences. They asked the Court to reject the present application for being incompatible ratione personae with the provisions of the Convention. The applicant, while he responded to the Government’s observations, did not present any relevant counter arguments to the Government’s objection. The Court notes that in the decision Dîrjan and Ştefan v. Romania ((dec.), nos. 14224/15 and 50977/15, 15 April 2020) it has examined similar applications as the one in the present case and declared them inadmissible because the applicants had lost their victim status. The Court noted that Law no. 169/2017 amending and completing Law no. 254/2013 on the execution of sentences, adopted following the pilot judgment in the case of Rezmiveș and Others v. Romania (nos. 61467/12 and 3 others, 25 April 2017) and in force between October 2017 and December 2019, introduced an effective remedy in respect of inadequate conditions of detention in Romanian prisons. More specifically, the above law set forth a compensatory remedy, available for periods of detention ranging from 2012 to 2019 and allowing the deduction of six days for 30 days spent in conditions of detention that fell short of standards compatible with Article 3 of the Convention (see Dîrjan and Ştefan , cited above, §28). That benefit had an impact on the term of the prison sentences, giving detainees an opportunity of earlier release on parole. Turning to the circumstances of the present application, the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of persuading it to reach a different conclusion on the admissibility of those complaints. The above-mentioned remedy was available to the applicant in the present application and, indeed, he benefitted from it. Thus, the domestic authorities, applying the provisions laid down in the abovementioned decision Dîrjan and Ştefan , awarded compensation, through the reduction of days, to the applicant for the periods of detention spent in inadequate conditions of which he complained (for further details see the appended table). Furthermore, the applicant was released from prison. The Court is therefore satisfied that the applicant has been afforded adequate redress and can no longer claim to be victim of a violation of his rights under Article 3 of the Convention, insofar as the conditions of his detention during the periods described in the appended table are concerned. In view of the above, the Court finds that this part of the application is incompatible ratione personae with the provisions of the Convention and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 (a) and 4 of the Convention. Remaining complaints The applicant also raised other complaints under Article 3 of the Convention with regards to the conditions of detention during other periods not covered by the remedy discussed above. The Court has examined the complaints 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 application must be rejected in accordance with Article   35   §   4 of the Convention. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Declares the application inadmissible. Done in English and notified in writing on 14 December 2023.     Viktoriya Maradudina   Faris Vehabović   Acting Deputy Registrar   President APPENDIX Application raising complaints under Article   3 of the Convention (inadequate conditions of detention)   Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth   Facility Start and end date Duration Domestic compensation awarded (in days) based on total period calculated by national authorities 38320/17 19/07/2017 Gavril COCA 1977   Miercurea-Ciuc, Codlea and Rahova Prisons and Dej, Rahova, Târgu-Mureș and Aiud Prison Hospitals 11/04/2017 to 08/11/2019 2 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 29 day(s) 168 days of compensation for 867 days spent in inadequate conditions of detention, (except for the periods 24/04/2017-05/05/2017, 14/09/2017-06/10/2017, 03/11/2017-09/11/2017, 21/11/2017-23/11/2017, 02/04/2018-05/04/2018, 23/08/2018-24/08/2018, 24/08/2018-07/09/2018, and 08/08/2019-23/08/2019)