FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 13637/24
Veselinka BELOICA against Montenegro
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 26 March 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Raffaele Sabato, President,
Artūrs Kučs,
Anna Adamska-Gallant, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications against Montenegro lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) 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 PROCEDUREThe 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 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 these applications, 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 cases.
THE LAWHaving 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 16 April 2026.
Viktoriya Maradudina Raffaele Sabato
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of constitutional proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth/registration
Representative’s name
and location
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]
13637/24
22/04/2024
Veselinka BELOICA
1968
Kasalica Makedonka
Podgorica
24/07/2025
16/04/2025
1,200
250
13906/24
29/04/2024
Zdravko KASALICA
1970
Kasalica Makedonka
Podgorica
24/07/2025
16/04/2025
1,200
250
14238/24
29/04/2024
DAJKOVIĆ CO NAMOS DOO
2002
Đakonović Vido
Cetinje
24/07/2025
27/07/2025
1,800
250
15581/24
24/05/2024
Nikola LAKOVIĆ
1978
Bogdanović Ana
Podgorica
24/07/2025
30/04/2025
1,200
250
17226/24
28/05/2024
Vaso BEČANOVIĆ
1978
Bogdanović Ana
Podgorica
24/07/2025
30/04/2025
1,200
250
19743/24
04/07/2024
RAČICA AD TIVAT
2002
Đukanović Ana
Podgorica
24/07/2025
23/07/2025
1,200
250
27562/24
14/09/2024
Radule RADULOVIĆ
1962
Čizmović Aleksandar
Nikšić
24/07/2025
24/07/2025
1,200
250
33311/24
04/11/2024
Milutin ĐOROJEVIĆ
1948
Vojinović Milan
Nikšić
24/07/2025
10/04/2025
1,200
250
36347/24
23/11/2024
Boško MILOVIĆ
1947
Vujović Milan
Podgorica
24/07/2025
26/06/2025
1,200
250
36390/24
22/11/2024
Slobodan PETROVIĆ
1953
-
24/07/2025
03/07/2025
1,500
-
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.