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   Representative’s name and location Facility Start and end date Duration     14835/22 25/11/2022 Florian NICOLAE 1987       Poarta Albă and Slobozia Prisons 10/07/2022 pending More than 3 year(s) and 7 month(s) and 7 day(s)     16126/22 16/03/2022 Ioan PALANCEANU 1977       Brașov County Police Station, Coldea and Gherla Prisons 06/10/2021 pending More than 4 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 11 day(s)     16664/22 23/03/2022 Dumitru NOVACOVICI 1973       Timișoara Prison 16/05/2021 pending More than 4 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 1 day(s)     18271/22 17/05/2022 Marius-Silviu MORARU 1981       Rahova Prison, Jilava Prison 06/07/2020 pending More than 5 year(s) and 7 month(s) and 11 day(s)     19726/22 06/06/2022 Ștefan SZABO 1953       Oradea County Police Station; Oradea Prison 25/03/2016 pending More than 9 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 23 day(s)     21543/22 27/05/2022 György GÁZSMÉR 1980       Iași, Miercurea Ciuc, Aiud, Arad and Codlea Prisons 10/05/2014 pending More than 11 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 7 day(s)         22434/22 14/06/2022 George VASILE 1976       Arad and Poarta Albă Prisons 22/01/2021 pending More than 5 year(s) and 26 day(s)     23310/22 23/12/2022 Bogdan-Florin GAVRELIUC-LUMEI 1991       Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Gherla and Baia Mare Prisons 01/03/2021 pending More than 4 year(s) and 11 month(s) and 16 day(s)     24092/22 04/05/2022 Ciprian CLIMESCU 1976       Codlea, Miercurea-Ciuc, Gherla, Aiud and Baia Mare Prisons 23/12/2019 pending More than 6 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 25 day(s)   24752/22 06/06/2022 Florinel BECHEANU 1986       Bucharest Police Station No. 13; Bucharest Police Station No. 16; Rahova, Jilava, Mioveni and Giurgiu Prisons 26/08/2020 pending More than 5 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 24 day(s)   26402/22 07/11/2022 Ioan PĂDUREAN 1973       Aiud Prison 12/04/2021 pending More than 4 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 7 day(s)   26654/22 18/07/2022 Arpád MAJLÁTH 1975       Miercurea-Ciuc, Aiud, Arad, Ploiești, Codlea, Timișoara, Rahova, Mărgineni Prisons; Dej and Jilava Prison Hospitals 14/04/2010 pending More than 15 year(s) and 10 month(s) and 5 day(s)   26655/22 01/07/2022 Florin BRACĂU 1986       Arad, Ploiești and Timișoara Prisons 16/05/2016 pending More than 9 year(s) and 9 month(s) and 3 day(s)   27083/22 23/08/2022 Constantin CURT 1989       Jilava, Rahova and Giurgiu Prisons 26/07/2016 pending More than 9 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 24 day(s)     27501/22 20/07/2022 Nicolae-Marian VLAD 1999       Rahova, Giurgiu and Gherla Prisons 01/07/2020 pending More than 5 year(s) and 7 month(s) and 18 day(s)   28847/22 04/10/2022 Adrian-Marian AVRAM 2000       Craiova, Bacău and Arad Prisons 28/01/2019 pending More than 7 year(s) and 22 day(s)   30159/22 08/08/2022 Dorinela BORCAN 1970   De Luca Daniele Napoli Mioveni Prison Hospital; Craiova and Ploiești Prisons 30/09/2020 pending More than 5 year(s) and 4 month(s) and 21 day(s)   30397/22 12/09/2022 Ionel Daniel LIPTAK 1974       Arad, Rahova, Giurgiu and Timișoara Prisons 26/01/2009 pending More than 17 year(s) and 25 day(s)   31694/22 24/11/2022 Gheorghe-Cătălin APOSTOL 1999       Craiova Youth Detention Center (Bariera Vâlcii), Mioveni and Arad Prisons 13/01/2016 pending More than 10 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 7 day(s)   32099/22 18/07/2022 Vasile ŞOICA 1976       Mărgineni, Rahova and Giurgiu Prisons 16/09/2020 pending More than 5 year(s) and 5 month(s) and 4 day(s)