CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 26 mars 2026

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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) Having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that for the reasons stated below, the present applications are inadmissible. The applicants complained principally of the inadequate conditions of their detention. They relied on Article 3 of the Convention. The Government argued that the applicants had failed to exhaust the available effective remedies for their complaints about the inadequate conditions of their detention, as the complaint with the judge responsible for supervising the deprivation of liberty ( plângerea în fața judecătorului de supraveghere a privării de libertate ), provided for by Article 56 of Law no.   254/2013, had become an effective remedy for grievances similar to those of the applicants. The Court recalls that in Văscăuțanu v. Romania (dec.), no. 10120/23, §§   47–59, 18 November 2025, it held that the remedy, which consists of lodging a complaint with the judge responsible for supervising the deprivation of liberty ( plângerea în fața judecătorului de supraveghere a privării de libertate ), provided for by Article 56 of Law no. 254/2013, constituted, as of 6 April 2023, an effective remedy enabling individuals who allege that they are being held in inadequate conditions of detention to put an end to their situation that they denounced as being contrary to Article 3 of the Convention. In light of all the material in its possession, the Court observes that the applicants, who allege that they are being held in inadequate conditions of detention, did not indicate that they pursued the available remedy before the domestic courts (see Văscăuțanu , cited above, § 65). Therefore, their applications must be dismissed for failure to exhaust domestic remedies. The Government also invoked other grounds of inadmissibility to argue that the present applications must be rejected. Since it has already upheld the Government’s objection on the non ‑ exhaustion of domestic remedies, the Court does not consider it necessary to examine further the other arguments raised by the Government. In view of the above, the Court finds that the applicants’ complaints concerning the periods set out in the appended table must be rejected for failure to exhaust the domestic remedy laid down in Article 56 of Law no.   254/2013, in accordance with 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 April 2026.     Viktoriya Maradudina   Anne Louise Bormann   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     14497/21 22/04/2021 Marius-Ninel BOTEZATU 1999   Buzău County Police Station; Focșani and Mărgineni Prisons 20/01/2020 pending More than 6 year(s) and 23 day(s)       16482/21 28/06/2021 Mihai-Valentin PLETOSU-HALUNGESCU 2002   Bacău Prison 01/04/2020 pending More than 5 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 11 day(s)     20964/21 12/05/2021 George DONCIU 1983   Poarta Albă and Rahova Prisons 24/07/2011 to 23/07/2012 1 year(s)   Poarta Albă, Rahova, Tulcea, Gherla and Giurgiu Prisons 24/12/2019 pending More than 6 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 19 day(s)       21064/21 09/06/2021 Denes SZOCS 1972   Miercurea-Ciuc Prison 22/09/2020 pending More than 5 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 21 day(s)       21373/21 31/05/2021 Dănuţ-Gabriel OLTEANU 1998   Focșani and Mărgineni Prisons 10/09/2020 pending More than 5 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 2 day(s)       21393/21 19/05/2021 Claudiu-Răzvan TĂNASE 1974   Rahova, Miercurea-Ciuc, Arad, Giurgiu and Mioveni Prisons 01/01/2011 pending More than 15 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 11 day(s)       21479/21 20/05/2021 Mihai BALINT 1948   Găești Prison 23/12/2019 pending More than 6 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 20 day(s)       21668/21 18/05/2021 Pavel-Iulian APUŞCĂŞIŢEI 1988   Botoșani, Iași, Arad, Drobeta-Turnu Severin and Gherla Prisons 24/12/2019 pending More than 6 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 19 day(s)       21805/21 09/06/2021 Ioan TODOR 1987   Gherla Prison 05/07/2020 pending More than 5 year(s) and 7 month(s) and 7 day(s)         22716/21 19/08/2021 Remus ANGHILINA 1988   Aiud and Deva Prisons 06/11/2020 pending More than 5 year(s) and 3 month(s) and 6 day(s)     24408/21 10/06/2021 Gheorghe LAZĂR 1983   Bacău, Oradea, Botoșani and Gherla Prisons 25/06/2020 pending More than 5 year(s) and 7 month(s) and 18 day(s)   29050/21 08/09/2021 Constantin-Ovidiu BRAHUŢA 1988   Botoșani and Iași Prisons 15/07/2019 pending More than 6 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 28 day(s)     29998/21 20/07/2021 Ştefan NANI 1981   Galați, Rahova, Poarta Albă and Tulcea Prisons 23/12/2019 pending More than 6 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 20 day(s)     30913/21 02/06/2021 Iosif NAGY 1983   Cluj County Police Station, Gherla, Aiud, Arad and Oradea Prisons and Arad, Dej and Mioveni Prison Hospitals 28/10/2011 pending More than 14 year(s) and 3 month(s) and 15 day(s)     34757/21 26/10/2021 Iancu MĂRAN 1977   Caraș-Severin County Police Station; Timișoara, Arad, Bucharest - Rahova, Aiud, Gherla and Oradea Prisons 01/10/2012 pending More than 13 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 11 day(s)     35104/21 27/07/2021 Constantin ADAM 1976   Timișoara and Arad Prisons 14/09/2019 pending More than 6 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 29 day(s)     35264/21 04/08/2021 Florin GIURCĂ 1970   Aiud, Arad and Deva Prisons 01/02/2018 pending More than 8 year(s) and 11 day(s)     37561/21 20/08/2021 Florin-Violin FARCAȘ 1970   Gherla Prison, Bucharest Jilava Prison Hospital 12/03/2021 pending More than 4 year(s) and 11 month(s)     40010/21 20/07/2021 Károly ORGOVAN 1973   Oradea, Arad and Gherla Prisons 13/05/2011 pending More than 14 year(s) and 8 month(s) and 30 day(s)     41267/21 01/10/2021 Carmen-Cornel TUDOR 1975   Craiova and Craiova - Pelendava Prisons 15/11/2019 pending More than 6 year(s) and 2 month(s) and 28 day(s)