SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 28445/25
Ferenc Zsolt DANYI against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 4 June 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphane Pisani, President,
Juha Lavapuro,
Hugh Mercer, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications against Hungary 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 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 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 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 25 June 2026.
Attila Teplán Stéphane Pisani
Acting Deputy Registrar President
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]
28445/25
01/09/2025
Ferenc Zsolt DANYI
1990
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
02/04/2026
27/04/2026
2,600
30230/25
16/09/2025
József BÁRDI
1982
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
17/04/2026
16/03/2026
3,300
35035/25
27/10/2025
Imre ORSÓS
1986
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
27/04/2026
03/03/2026
2,600
35739/25
29/10/2025
Zoltán KALOCSAI
1974
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
07/04/2026
23/04/2026
2,600
35881/25
13/11/2025
József VARGA
1991
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
27/04/2026
20/04/2026
2,600
36301/25
13/11/2025
István PÁSZTOR
1971
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
27/04/2026
20/04/2026
2,300
37552/25
12/11/2025
Zsolt GYERGYÓI
1979
Andorfer Miklós
Budajenő
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
20/04/2026
19/03/2026
4,800
38539/25
02/12/2025
Brendon MARSAL
1976
Enzsöl Péter
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
20/04/2026
03/03/2026
2,000
38607/25
02/12/2025
Tamás MÁDI
1995
Enzsöl Péter
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
20/04/2026
03/03/2026
2,000
462/26
08/12/2025
Gábor TÖRÖK
1989
Frank Evelyn
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
23/04/2026
15/04/2026
2,600
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.