CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 30 mai 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 during the periods indicated in the appended table) 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 as regards their detention during the periods described in the appended table below must be rejected for failure to exhaust domestic remedies, pursuant to Article 35 §§   1 and 4 of the Convention. Remaining complaints The applicants in applications nos. 10499/21 and 45519/21 also raised other complaints under Article 3 of the Convention related to the conditions of detention served during other periods. The Court has examined these 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 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 June 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   Facility Start and end date Duration     58529/16 20/10/2016 Alexandru PASZTOR 1977 Bistriţa Prison 17/09/2022 to 08/08/2023 10 month(s) and 23 day(s)     22191/20 03/08/2020 Mircea MALAGEAC 1968 Iași County Police Inspectorate, Iaşi, Giurgiu, Botoșani and Rahova Prisons 24/07/2014 to 29/08/2022 8 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 6 day(s)     35518/20 09/01/2021 Francisc URSEI 1976 Arad County Police Station, Arad, Bucharest-Jilava and Tulcea Prisons; Târgu Ocna and Bucarest-Covid Hospital Prisons 09/06/2020 to 04/04/2023 2 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 27 day(s)     41053/20 25/08/2020 Ilie-Cornel DARIE 1978 Suceava County Police Station; Botoșani and Iași Prisons 25/07/2019 to 14/03/2023 3 year(s) and 7 month(s) and 18 day(s)     2648/21 28/01/2021 Eusebiu GRUMEZA 1975 Timișoara, Craiova and Dâmbovița (Mărgineni) Prisons 23/12/2019 to 06/03/2024 4 year(s) and 2 month(s) and 13 day(s)     5737/21 27/04/2021 Costel-Gabriel ANDRONIC 1989 Giurgiu, Iași, Botoșani, Găiești, Focșani Prisons 07/06/2006 to 23/07/2012 6 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 17 day(s) Giurgiu, Iași, Botoșani, Găiești, Focșani Prisons 23/12/2019 to 14/12/2021 1 year(s) and 11 month(s) and 22 day(s)     8165/21 26/02/2021 Irinel-Alexandru HARAGEA 1987 Timişoara and Arad Prisons 01/10/2021 to 14/11/2023 2 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 14 day(s)     9022/21 18/03/2021 Nicu HALUNGA 1987 Aiud, Codlea, Miercurea Ciuc, Gherla, Ploiești, Timișoara Prisons 23/12/2019 to 06/09/2023 3 year(s) and 8 month(s) and 15 day(s)     10499/21 08/02/2021 Marin MARIAȘ 1970 Brașov County Police, Codlea, Constanța-Poarta Albă, Bucharest-Jilava, Slobozia, Bucharest-Rahova, Miercurea Ciuc, Deva-Bârcea Mare, Timișoara and Aiud Prisons 26/11/2018 to 04/08/2023 4 year(s) and 8 month(s) and 10 day(s)   10643/21 09/04/2021 Cătălin CONOLOŞ 1996 Aiud, Codlea and Gherla Prisons 23/12/2019 to 24/07/2022 2 year(s) and 7 month(s) and 2 day(s)   26831/21 11/06/2021 Suraj DOBRE 1976 Prahova County Police Station; Dâmbovița (Mărgineni), Ploiești, Găești and Craiova Prisons 21/02/2019 to 26/05/2023 4 year(s) and 3 month(s) and 6 day(s)   30872/21 05/07/2021 Alexandru GRIGORI 1989 Galați and Brăila Prisons 23/12/2019 to 17/10/2023 3 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 25 day(s)   45519/21 02/11/2021 Marian BARANGA 1974 Brăila and Focșani Prisons 09/08/2018 to 10/06/2023 4 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 2 day(s)   58875/21 10/01/2022 Vasile-Cătălin MIU 1992 Mioveni, Dâmbovița (Mărgineni) and Găești Prisons 26/03/2019 to 18/01/2022 2 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 24 day(s)   59181/21 21/12/2021 Constantin Marius PÂRVU 1982 Bucharest Police Station No. 15; Jilava, Poarta Albă, Galați, Rahova. Giurgiu and Dâmbovița (Mărgineni) Prisons; Jilava Prison Hospital 08/04/2019 to 16/02/2024 4 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 9 day(s)