FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 6108/17
Bela AKARIJAŠ against Serbia
and 2 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 14 September 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Faris Vehabović, President,
Anja Seibert-Fohr,
Anne Louise Bormann, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Mr V. Juhas Đurić, a lawyer practising in Subotica.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 5 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention concerning the length, reasoning and review of their pre-trial detention, were communicated to the Serbian Government (“the Government”).
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Serbia in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above‑mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 5 October 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Faris Vehabović
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 5 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention
(length, reasoning and review of pre-trial detention)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage per applicant
(in euros) [1] [2]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros)[3]
6108/17
30/12/2016
Bela AKARIJAŠ
1981
17/05/2023
19/02/2023
2,600
500
6127/17
19/12/2016
Miroslav VARGA
1990
17/05/2023
19/02/2023
2,600
500
12978/21
23/02/2021
(3 applicants)
Miroslav VARGA
1990
Bela AKARIJAŠ
1981
Aleksandar DIMOVIĆ
1983
17/05/2023
19/02/2023
2,600
(to Aleksandar Dimović only)
500
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[3] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.