FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 4105/20
Zsolt BANGÓ against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 3 December 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos,
Erik Wennerström, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 and their representatives is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Hungary 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 14 January 2021.
Liv TigerstedtKrzysztof Wojtyczek
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of criminal proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Other complaints under well-established case-law
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant
(in euros)[1]
4105/20
11/12/2019
Zsolt BANGÓ
1975
Kanyó Péter
Nagykáta
27/08/2020
03/11/2020
6,500
9002/20
17/01/2020
Veronika DÓSA
1987
Cseterics Krisztián
Budapest
20/10/2020
02/09/2020
3,900
11285/20
13/02/2020
László HUTTKA
1961
Cseterics Krisztián
Budapest
16/11/2020
02/09/2020
13,000
15776/20
19/03/2020
Zoltán SURÁNYI
1992
Hatlaczki Gyula
Nagykáta
15/10/2020
20/10/2020
2,600
19219/20
24/04/2020
(3 applicants)
Dániel KOVÁCS
1994
Sándor ROSTÁS
1994
Tibor GÁSPÁR
1972
Hatlaczki Gyula
Nagykáta
24/07/2020
20/10/2020
3,300
21735/20
07/05/2020
Pál NAGY
1962
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
16/07/2020
28/10/2020
2,600
21737/20
07/05/2020
János TÓDOR
1952
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
16/07/2020
28/10/2020
2,600
24572/20
02/06/2020
Norbert PÁL
1973
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
27/10/2020
23/09/2020
2,600
35981/20
10/08/2020
Béla RAMOS
1974
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
29/10/2020
23/09/2020
2,000
35984/20
10/08/2020
Kálmán NAGY
1977
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
09/11/2020
21/10/2020
2,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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