SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 35700/22
Delcho DAMJANOVSKI and others against North Macedonia
and 22 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 23 November 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Frédéric Krenc, President,
Diana Sârcu,
Davor Derenčinović, 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 Ms Danche Chakarovska-‑Grozdanovska, a lawyer practising in Skopje.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Government of North Macedonia (“the Government”).
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against North Macedonia 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 December 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc
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
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]
35700/22
11/07/2022
(21 applicants)
Delcho DAMJANOVSKI
1964
Vidosava ALEKSIKJ
1951
Ruzhica CVETANOVSKA
1950
Vasko CVETANOVSKI
1963
Verka CVETKOVIKJ
1966
Suzana GJORGJEVSKA
1968
Milena JANEVSKA
1964
Slavica JOVANOVIKJ
1949
Vukica JOVANOVSKA
1959
Stojanka KRSTEVSKA
1958
Olgica PETKOVSKA
1965
Zorica PETKOVSKA
1962
Marika PETRUSHEVSKA
1963
Petkana SIMONOVIKJ
1947
Radica STAMENKOVSKA
1971
Borjanka STANOJKOVSKA
1960
Slagjana STANOJKOVSKA
1962
Valentina STANOJKOVSKA
1971
Margarita STOJANOVSKA
1955
Borislav STOJCHEVSKI
1949
Zagica TRAJKOVSKA
1969
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
35702/22
12/07/2022
(21 applicants)
Desanka ARSOVSKA
1956
Ljubinka ANDONOVSKA
1959
Lila ANTIKJ
1959
Marica BOZHINOVIKJ
1963
Biljana BOZHINOVSKA
1969
Blagica DENKOVIKJ
1956
Lozanka DONEVSKA
1953
Bogica GJORGJEVSKA
1960
Biljana ILIEVSKA
1972
Bina ILIEVSKA
1961
Nadica JAKIMOVSKA
1963
Menka JAKЈIMOVIKJ
1959
Sonja JOVANOVIKJ
1967
Zhaklina JOVANOVSKA
1968
Daniela KOCEVSKA
1965
Ubavka PAUNOVSKA
1962
Desanka SERAFIMOVIKJ
1964
Deska SMILEVSKA
1959
Suzana STEVKOVSKA
1965
Radmila STOJMANOVSKA
1965
Lenche VELICHKOVSKA
1963
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
36126/22
15/07/2022
(22 applicants)
Jerina JANCHIKJ
1962
Olivera ANGELOVSKA
1971
Talka ANGELOVSKA
1958
Mimoza ANTOVSKA
1966
Snezhana ARSIKJ
1968
Gordana CVETANOVSKA
1963
Ljubica CVETKOVSKA
1963
Veselka DENKOVSKA
1962
Suzana DIMITRIEVSKA
1963
Bogica JAKIMOVSKA
1965
Olgica JAKIMOVSKA
1963
Dragica JOVANOVIKJ
1958
Cvetanka JOVANOVSKA
1962
Nadica JOVANOVSKA
1966
Svetlana KOSTADINOVSKA
1963
Suzana MARINKOVSKA
1964
Snezhana MINKOVSKA
1954
Vesna PESHEVSKA
1965
Chaslav PETROVSKI
1967
Nada PETRUSHEVSKA
1959
Rajko STANOJKOVSKI
1961
Rusa TASEVSKA
1961
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
36136/22
13/07/2022
(20 applicants)
Malinka STOJANOVIKJ
1955
Svetlana ALEKSOVSKA
1966
Ruse ALEKSOVSKI
1956
Slavica ANGELOVSKA
1964
Elizabeta DENKOVSKA
1967
Slavica DIMIKJ
1967
Donka DODEVSKA
1961
Vaska ILIEVSKA
1968
Cvetan JAKIMOV
1958
Svilanka JOVANOVIKJ
1965
Zoran JOVANOVSKI
1968
Miodrag KARANFILOVSKI
1964
Vladanka KRSTIKJ
1957
Suzana MILKOVSKA
1965
Violeta PECEVSKA
1963
Stojancha SERAFIMOVSKI
1964
Elizabeta SPASOVSKA
1969
Lidija STOJMANOVSKA
1964
Gordica TRAJKOVSKA
1964
Rosica VELICHKOVSKA
1963
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
36289/22
14/07/2022
(21 applicants)
Lozanka MITROVSKA
1958
Katina BOGDANOVSKA
1968
Nikola DIMITRIEVSKI
1963
Lidija GERASIMOVSKA
1972
Svetlana JOVANOVSKA
1964
Ilinka KIPRIJANOVSKA
1965
Jadranka KOSTADINOVSKA
1960
Vesna MILENKOVSKA
1964
Danica MILOSHEVSKA
1960
Zorka MILOSHEVSKA
1957
Vesna MLADENOVIKJ
1965
Ubavka MLADENOVSKA
1966
Danica NASKOVSKA
1966
Snezhana PAVLOVSKA
1962
Roza PETROVSKA
1962
Didijana RADEVSKA
1967
Blagica SAZDOVSKA
1955
Jasna SIMONOVSKA
1968
Divna SPASOVSKA
1961
Miroslava TRAJKOVSKA
1957
Stanka TRAJKOVSKA
1960
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
36375/22
16/07/2022
(22 applicants)
Verica STOJKOVSKA
1959
Sunchica ALEKSOVSKA
1960
Suzana ANGELOVSKA
1966
Svetlana ARSOVSKA
1961
Ilijaz AVDIJI
1950
Sonja BOGDANOVSKA
1968
Sonja BOJKOVSKA
1959
Marika DENKOVSKA
1959
Bogica DIMCHEVSKA
1961
Vesna JANKOVSKA
1965
Marina JOVANOVSKA
1966
Vinka JOVANOVSKA
1960
Bore KIPRIJANOVSKI
1963
Aleksandar KRALJEVSKI
1962
Suzana KRSTEVSKA
1964
Johana NAKOVSKA
1964
Biljana RISTOVSKA
1967
Violeta SPASOVSKA
1964
Ceka STOJKOVSKA
1945
Dragica TRAJKOVSKA
1964
Svetlana TRAJKOVSKA
1962
Svetlana TRAJKOVSKA
1968
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
36661/22
19/07/2022
Snezhana DIMITRIEVSKA
1962
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
36732/22
18/07/2022
(22 applicants)
Rakica SIMONOVSKA
1964
Margica ALEKSIKJ
1964
Dragan ATANASOVSKI
1965
Divna DAVIDOVSKA
1967
Kiril DAVIDOVSKI
1954
Danica DODEVSKA
1966
Laste IVANOVSKI
1962
Violeta JOVANOVIKJ
1970
Gordica KRSTEVSKA
1956
Valentina MAKRESHANSKA
1966
Vase MIKEVSKI
1967
Suzana MISHEVSKA
1971
Lozanka NESHEVSKA
1961
Sonja NIKOLOVSKA
1964
Strumka NIKOLOVSKA
1958
Snezhana PETKOVSKA
1960
Suzana SIMONOVSKA
1965
Biljana STAMENKOVSKA
1965
Stanche TANEVSKA
1958
Violeta TASIKJ
1955
Vera TODOROVSKA
1967
Dragica TRAJKOVSKA
1962
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
36739/22
19/07/2022
(22 applicants)
Mirjana SPIROVSKA
1958
Goran ANDEVSKI
1964
Jovica ATANASOVSKI
1964
Svetlana AVRAMOVSKA
1958
Mare BOJKOVSKA
1963
Marjan DENKOVSKI
1961
Jagoda DIMKOVSKA
1955
Mirko GJORGJIEVSKI
1968
Marjan JOVANOVSKI
1966
Zhaklina MILANOVIKJ
1968
Dragan MILANOVSKI
1972
Olivera MILKOVSKA
1950
Danica SERAFIMOVIKJ
1956
Sonja SERAFIMOVSKA
1962
Spaska SPIRIDONOVSKA
1958
Natica STANKOVIKJ
1962
Olivera STANOJKOVSKA
1968
Nada STOILKOVSKA
1959
Verica STOJANOVIKJ
1964
Slavica STOJANOVSKA
1960
Stojna STOJKOVSKA
1968
Jovica STOJKOVSKI
1971
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
37028/22
20/07/2022
(18 applicants)
Novcha CVETANOVSKI
1953
Slagjana ANGELOVSKA
1957
Vesna ARSOVSKA
1963
Svetlana BOZHINOVSKA
1964
Jadranka CAKIKJ
1962
Gordica CVETKOVIKJ
1962
Jelica DODEVSKA
1961
Jasminka JOVANOVSKA
1966
Dragica KARANFILOVSKA
1958
Grozdana KRSTEVSKA
1966
Valentina MITKOVSKA
1973
Sojna PETKOVSKA
1961
Franzulka PETRUSHEVSKA
1958
Jovanka STANOJKOVSKA
1963
Slavica STOJKOVSKA
1965
Ljupcho TASEVSKI
1963
Gancho TRAJKOVSKI
1952
Ubavka ZAFIROVSKA
1960
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
37039/22
21/07/2022
(19 applicants)
Blagoja ILIEVSKI
1953
Dushko ALEKSOVSKI
1960
Sinisha ANDONOV
1966
Janja GOLUBOVIKJ
1953
Jadranka GRGOVSKA
1962
Kata JAKIMOVSKA
1966
Ljiljana JOVANOVSKA
1962
Ordan MILENKOVSKI
1968
Leposava MLADENOVIKJ
1967
Zorica MLADENOVSKA
1968
Vesna NESHEVSKA
1965
Cveta PETROVSKA
1958
Radica PETRUSHEVSKA
1952
Suzana STEVKOVSKA
1967
Zoran STOJANOVSKI
1962
Valentina STOJCHEVSKA
1966
Violeta TASEVSKA
1966
Blagica TRAJKOVSKA
1963
Gordana TRAJKOVSKA
1963
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
37313/22
23/07/2022
(20 applicants)
Chaslav DIMITRIJEVIKJ
1961
Sasho ANASTASOVSKI
1965
Snezhana ANDONOVA
1968
Kate ANDONOVSKA
1963
Valentina ARSOVSKA
1965
Marica FILIPOVSKA
1954
Svetlana GJORGJEVSKA
1966
Rada MANASIEVSKA
1953
Snezhana MIHAJLOVSKA
1956
Ljube MILOSHEVSKI
1954
Nadica MISHEVSKA
1967
Vidanka MITEVSKA
1965
Blage NIKOLOVSKI
1966
Vanka PETKOVSKA
1960
Dragica PETRUSHEVSKA
1952
Vladanka SPASOVSKA
1952
Vesna STANKOVSKA
1966
Marica TODOROVIKJ
1965
Bogica VANEVSKA
1952
Jagoda ZAFIROVSKA
1963
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
37800/22
25/07/2022
(18 applicants)
Danica DENKOVSKA
1957
Marjan DIMKOVIKJ
1963
Lila FURTULA
1961
Dana GAZEPOVSKA
1958
Petrush ILIEVSKI
1965
Lidija JAKIMOVSKA
1964
Valentina KIPRIJANOVSKA
1971
Blagica PETKOVSKA
1955
Dimche STEFANOVSKI
1961
Zlate STEFANOVSKI
1963
Jagoda STOJANOVSKA
1954
Jasmina STOJMANOVSKA
1963
Slagjana STOSHEVSKA
1961
Slavica TASEVSKA
1958
Zhaklina TRAJKOVSKA
1969
Ubavka TRICHKOVIKJ
1963
Borjanka VELICHKOVSKA
1957
Gorica VUCHKOVSKA
1960
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
37809/22
28/07/2022
(21 applicants)
Snezhana DENCHIKJ
1964
Javorka ANGJELOVSKA
1957
Snezhanka ARSOVSKA
1962
Snezhanka ARSOVSKA
1963
Seadet BELJULI
1960
Slagica BOSHKOVSKA
1964
Zora BOZHINOVSKA
1960
Liljana DIMITRIEVSKA
1957
Nevenka DIMITRIEVSKA
1967
Blagoje ILIKJ
1960
Siljana KAREVSKA
1964
Aziz LJUTFIU
1964
Deska PANZEVSKA
1961
Dafinka PETKOVSKA
1969
Biljana PETRUSHEVSKA
1968
Ratka RISTOVSKA
1962
Slunchica SPASOVSKA
1961
Makedonka SPIROVA
1957
Ljubica STOJCHEVA
1953
Jagotka TRAJKOVSKA
1951
Snezhanka ZDRAVKOVSKA
1958
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
37814/22
27/07/2022
(20 applicants)
Suzana PANZEVSKA
1962
Vesna ANGELOVSKA
1961
Slavica ARSOVSKA
1965
Valentina CVETKOVIKJ
1969
Gordana DIMIKJ
1958
Ivanka DIMITRIEVSKA
1960
Zorica DIMKOVSKA
1964
Goran GEORGIEVSKI
1968
Verica IVANOVSKA
1965
Slave KOSTOVSKI
1952
Blagoja MINCHEVSKI
1961
Vesna PETKOVSKA
1958
Sunchica PETRUSHEVSKA
1961
Suzana RANCHIKJ
1965
Roza SREKJKOVA
1958
Svetlana STANKOVSKA
1962
Rada STEFANOVSKA
1948
Snezhana STOJKOVSKA
1959
Dragica TASEVSKA
1957
Sunchica ZDRAVKOVSKA
1966
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
37815/22
28/07/2022
(19 applicants)
Jadranka TRAJKOVSKA
1967
Bogica ALEKSOVSKA
1958
Zorka ANGELOVSKA
1959
Anka DENKOVSKA
1955
Radica DODEVSKA
1963
Verka FILIPOVSKA
1950
Snezhana ILIEVSKA
1964
Slavica KOSTADINOVSKA
1955
Gordica KRSTEVSKA
1963
Gordana MAKSIMOVIKJ
1955
Elica MILKOVSKA
1961
Sokica PETKOVSKA
1960
Zoran STAMENKOVIKJ
1968
Mica STANOJKOVSKA
1950
Ljiljana STEFANOVSKA
1962
Ruzha STOJANOVSKA
1954
Svetlana STOJANOVSKA
1963
Liljana STOJCHEVSKA
1964
Docka VELJKOVSKA
1949
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
39058/22
22/07/2022
(20 applicants)
Suzana JAKIMOVSKA
1965
Zokica ALEKSOVSKA
1971
Jasna APOSTOLOVSKA
1963
Slobodanka ARSOVSKA
1957
Vesna CVETKOVSKA
1959
Jadranka DAVCHEVSKA
1962
Vesna DESPOTOVSKA
1969
Emilija DIMKOVIKJ
1972
Nada GJORGJEVSKA
1950
Ivica JOVANOVSKI
1967
Nada LAZAREVSKA
1970
Novica MILANOVSKI
1963
Valentina MLADENOVSKA
1968
Delcho NIKOLOVSKI
1952
Zoran PETKOVSKI
1954
Lidija SIMONOVIKJ
1968
Sunchica SPIROVSKA
1961
Bogica STANOJKOVSKA
1959
Lila STOJKOVSKA
1960
Persa TRAJKOVSKA
1954
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
39066/22
01/08/2022
(21 applicants)
Jovancha TASEVSKI
1965
Malina ANGJELOVIKJ
1965
Lila BOGDANOVSKA
1964
Miljeva CVETKOVSKA
1959
Roza DIMITRIJEVSKA
1961
Kadivka DIMKOVSKA
1955
Ruzhica FILIPOVSKA
1955
Jasminka GJORGJEVIKJ
1960
Jasminka GJORGJEVIKJ
1968
Slagjanka GJORGJEVSKA
1963
Slagjana JANEVSKA
1964
Nevenka JOVANOVIKJ
1956
Blagica JOVANOVSKA
1961
Jasmina JOVANOVSKA
1958
Marina KOSTEVSKA
1965
Biserka RISTOVSKA
1962
Ljubinka RISTOVSKA
1966
Radica RISTOVSKA
1960
Sinisha SHUNJIKJ
1953
Snezhana VELICHKOVSKA
1969
Jagotka ZHIVKOVIKJ
1950
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
39975/22
05/08/2022
(15 applicants)
Lenche DIMITRIEVSKA
1965
Slobotka ANTEVSKA
1958
Lenche ANTEVSKA-SIBINOVSKA
1958
Dobra ATANASOVSKA
1948
Suzana BOZHINOVSKA
1965
Lenche DODEVSKA
1964
Ljiljana GEORGIEVSKA
1963
Sinisha GJOREVSKI
1962
Stojmir LAZAREVSKI
1949
Gordana MARKOVIKJ
1967
Ljiljana MLADENOVSKA
1966
Stanka NIKOLOVSKA
1961
Stojan PESHEVSKI
1953
Biljana SERAFIMOVSKA
1958
Zharko STANOEVSKI
1960
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
40170/22
03/08/2022
(18 applicants)
Lenka GJORGJEVIKJ
1961
Nadica ALEKSIKJ
1956
Vesna ARSOVSKA
1965
Lenche BOZHINOVSKA
1970
Slagjanka DENKOVIKJ
1967
Roza DESPODOVSKA
1961
Svetlanka DIMITRIEVSKA
1959
Snezhana GRUJIKJ
1964
Stanka JOVANOVSKA
1964
Jasminka KRSTEVSKA
1964
Kenan MEMISHI
1960
Slavica PANZEVSKA
1961
Elica PETKOVSKA
1959
Divna PETKOVSKA-DAMJANOVSKA
1965
Slagjana TASEVSKA
1968
Drage TODOROVIKJ
1954
Jadranka VELICHKOVSKA
1963
Gorica VELJKOVIKJ
1970
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
40612/22
29/07/2022
(21 applicants)
Ljubica PETREVSKA
1962
Ljuba ANGJELOVIKJ
1954
Jagotka ANTIKJ
1957
Gjulizar ASANOVSKA
1964
Sojnja ATANASOVSKA
1958
Violetka CVETKOVSKA
1956
Tomislav DENKOVIKJ
1954
Slagjinka DIMITRIEVSKA
1950
Tomislav DIMITRIEVSKI
1953
Jadranka DIMITRIJEVIKJ
1960
Zorica DIMITRIJEVSKA
1961
Sunchica GRUJEVSKA
1956
Mirjanka IVANOVSKA
1964
Jasminka JOVANOVSKA
1964
Suzana MEMEDOVSKA
1958
Suzana STAMENKOVSKA
1966
Jadranka STANISHKOVSKA
1958
Nadica STEVCHEVA
1965
Jasminka STOJCHEVSKA
1964
Vlaste TASEVSKI
1958
Slobotka VELICHKOVIKJ
1959
15/09/2023
04/09/2023
750
250
41012/22
04/08/2022
(15 applicants)
Singja CVETKOVIKJ
1968
Svetlana ALEKSIKJ
1966
Jagoda ANGJELOVSKA
1962
Verica DENKOVSKA
1960
Snezhana DIMCHEVSKA
1958
Slunka DIMITRIEVSKA
1959
Slunchica JOVANOVSKA
1965
Milovan MADIKJ
1964
Slavica PESHIKJ
1964
Jovica PETKOVSKI
1966
Nebojsha SAREVSKI
1958
Zoran SPASKOVSKI
1966
Suzana TRAJKOVSKA
1964
Dragica VELICHKOVSKA
1964
Vladanka VELICHKOVSKA
1957
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
47406/22
28/09/2022
(5 applicants)
Bogica NIKOLOVSKA
1960
Jasminka ALEKSOVSKA
1964
Jagotka JOVANOVIKJ
1962
Slunka KIPRIJANOVSKA
1961
Lasto NIKOLOVSKI
1963
15/09/2023
26/07/2023
750
250
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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