CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 18 avril 2024

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The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Romanian Government (“the Government”). 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) The Government argued that the applicants had failed to exhaust the available effective remedies for the complaints about the inadequate conditions of their detention, as the action in tort had become an effective remedy for grievances similar to those of the applicants, allowing them to have the violation of the Convention acknowledged, either explicitly or in substance, and to receive adequate and sufficient compensation at domestic level. By a subsequent letter, the Government expressly referred to Vlad v.   Romania (dec.), no. 122/17, 15 November 2022, and invited the Court to declare the cases inadmissible. The Court recalls that in Polgar v. Romania , no. 39412/19, §§ 94-96, 20   July 2021, it held that an action in tort, based on Articles 1349 and 1357 of the Romanian Civil Code, as interpreted consistently by the national courts, had represented since 13 January 2021 an effective remedy for individuals who considered that they had been subjected to inadequate conditions of detention and who were no longer held in conditions that were allegedly contrary to the Convention. Subsequently, in Vlad , cited above, §§   24-32, the Court considered it appropriate to apply an exception to the general principle that the effectiveness of a given remedy was to be assessed with reference to the date on which the application was lodged. Although invited, the applicants did not inform the Court of having brought an action in tort before the Romanian courts. Therefore, for all the above reasons and in the light of all the material in its possession, since the applicants ceased to be held in conditions of detention that were allegedly contrary to the Convention after the moment when the tort action had been considered as representing an effective remedy (see, mutatis mutandis , Polgar , § 96, and Vlad , § 23, both cited above; see the appended table for further details), the Courts considers that their applications must be rejected for failure to exhaust domestic remedies, pursuant to Article 35 §§ 1 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 May 2024.     Viktoriya Maradudina   Branko Lubarda   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     49119/20 28/10/2020 Răzvan-Ionuț ZOTA 1985 Adina-Loredana Ilașcu Iași Găești, Iași and Botoșani Prisons 23/12/2019 to 30/03/2022 2 year(s) and 3 month(s) and 8 day(s)     50937/20 04/12/2020 Lică PLETOSU 1968     Brăila Prison 20/01/2020 to 27/10/2022 2 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 8 day(s)     22320/21 24/05/2021 Peter DEMENY 1976 Cezara-Maria Nichita-Costescu Timișoara Aiud, Târgu Mureș and Timișoara Prisons 23/12/2019 to 11/04/2023 3 year(s) and 3 month(s) and 20 day(s)     24940/21 07/07/2021 Costel MICLIȘ 1981     Miercurea Ciuc and Codlea Prisons 24/02/2021 to 26/08/2023 2 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 3 day(s)     29168/21 30/06/2021 Emilian PĂDURARU 1988     Rahova, Iași, Bacău, Miercurea Ciuc and Dâmbovița (Mărgineni) Prisons; Târgu Ocna Prison Hospital 23/12/2019 to 05/05/2023 3 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 13 day(s)     42846/21 20/10/2021 Ion CĂTANĂ 1973     Codlea and Aiud Prisons 28/05/2020 to 13/11/2023 3 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 17 day(s)       52907/21 22/12/2021 Alexandru NICULESCU 1985     Bucharest Central Arrest; Rahova, Jilava and Giurgiu Prisons 22/01/2020 to 17/06/2022 2 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 27 day(s)   Bucharest Central Arrest; Rahova, Jilava and Giurgiu Prisons 27/09/2022 to 12/06/2023 8 month(s) and 17 day(s)