FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 38274/23
Alim ALIĆ and Others
against Montenegro
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 19 September 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,
Lətif Hüseynov,
Erik Wennerström, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 14 October 2023,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
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 M. Bulatović, a lawyer practising in Bar.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of constitutional proceedings were communicated to the Montenegrin 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 Montenegro in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts 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 case.
THE LAW
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 application.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 10 October 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Krzysztof Wojtyczek
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
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]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros)[2]
38274/23
14/10/2023
(48 applicants)
Alim ALIĆ
1977
Alija BEHAROVIĆ
1972
Aleksandar BRAJOVIĆ
1973
Željko BRNJADA
1961
Miodrag BUJIĆ
1967
Goran ČEJOVIĆ
1975
Mladen CVETIĆ
1975
Radomir DEVIĆ
1968
Suljo DIBRA
1975
Pavle ĐOKMARKOVIĆ
1986
Zoran ĐOROVIĆ
1964
Željko FEMIĆ
1973
Vladimir GRBOVIĆ
1968
Miloš GRUJIĆ
1964
Slavko GRUJIČIĆ
1969
Hasredin HOT
1976
Vojislav JOLIČIĆ
1981
Dušanka JOVANOVIĆ
1949
Vasko JOVETIĆ
1964
Milorad JOVIĆEVIĆ
1967
Milan KEKER
1962
Mirko KEZIĆ
1965
Luka KLISIĆ
1984
Saša KRGOVIĆ
1973
Lazar KUČ
1962
Vuko LAKETIĆ
1961
Radovan LALIĆ
1965
Zoran LEKOVIĆ
1955
Radmilo LUKETA
1958
Mirsad LUKIĆ
1977
Zoran MARTINOVIĆ
1964
Predrag MARVUČIĆ
1983
Slaven MATOVIĆ
1970
Rajko MITROVIĆ
1961
Veselin PANTOVIĆ
1964
Đoko PEJUŠKOVIĆ
1961
Miloš PETRANOVIĆ
1987
Dragan PURLIJA
1964
Miodrag RADONJIĆ
1963
Radojica SAMARDŽIĆ
1973
Nedžad ŠKRIJELJ
1977
Mihailo STOJANOVIĆ
1957
Zoran TAJIĆ
1958
Rajko USKOKOVIĆ
1960
Predrag VUKAZIĆ
1961
Panto VUKOVIĆ
1964
Sead VUKOVIĆ
1976
Branislav ŽIVANOVIĆ
1958
17/06/2024
01/04/2024
1,100
250
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.