THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 60547/19
Ivan BARBALIĆ against Serbia
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 6 November 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Diana Kovatcheva, President,
Canòlic Mingorance Cairat,
Vasilka Sancin, 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’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Serbian 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 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 27 November 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Kovatcheva
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil 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 non-pecuniary damage
per applicant
(in euros)[1] [2]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros)[3]
60547/19
09/11/2019
Ivan BARBALIĆ
1949
Vasić Milena
Belgrade
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings - effectiveness of the constitutional appeal in this particular case in view of the length of the proceedings before the Constitutional Court
01/07/2025
01/07/2025
4,800
250
32975/20
13/07/2020
Darko VUJIĆ
1981
Petković Milan
Belgrade
01/07/2025
15/06/2025
600
250
44613/20
03/09/2020
Slaviša LJUBIĆ
1963
Lekić Vrzić Branka
Aranđelovac
01/07/2025
12/06/2025
1,500
250
6926/21
20/01/2021
Marija PETROVIĆ
1977
Petković Milan
Belgrade
01/07/2025
15/06/2025
600
250
15269/21
09/03/2021
Josip BONUS
1977
Jasika Nikola
Inđija
01/07/2025
27/03/2025
4,200
250
30678/21
09/06/2021
Dejan MILOJEVIĆ
1967
Rajković Miodrag
Belgrade
01/07/2025
17/06/2025
3,000
250
39145/22
14/07/2022
Alija DŽAFER
1962
Stamenić Goran
Čačak
01/07/2025
19/03/2025
1,500
250
7655/23
03/02/2023
Zoran BANJAC
1966
Mihailović Vesna
Beograd
01/07/2025
16/04/2025
5,500
250
21358/23
22/05/2023
Gordana JOKIĆ
1966
01/07/2025
05/05/2025
1,800
15466/24
16/05/2024
Stanka BOJIĆ
1965
Filipović Stanoje
Loznica
01/07/2025
31/03/2025
4,200
250
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Less any amounts which may have already been paid in that regard at the domestic level.
[3] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.