Published on 30 September 2024
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 19002/20
József ÉBERLING against Hungary
and 4 other applications
(see list appended)
communicated on 9 September 2024
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applications concern the applicants’ conviction to life imprisonment without the possibility of release on parole and the fact that their mandatory pardon proceedings can take place only after having served forty years. The lists of applicants and the final domestic decisions are set out in the appended table. The applicants complain under Article 3 of the Convention.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Have the applicants been deprived of any real prospect of release and thus potentially subjected to inhuman punishment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention, in view of the fact that they will not be eligible for the mandatory pardon proceedings before having served forty years of imprisonment (see T.P. and A.T. v. Hungary, nos. 37871/14 and 73986/14, 4 October 2016)?
APPENDIX
List of applications
No.
Application no.
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth
Place of Residence
Nationality
Represented by
Final domestic decision
1.
19002/20
24/04/2020
József ÉBERLING
1979
Szeged
Hungarian
Evelyn FRANK
By a final judgment of 28 January 2016, the Szeged Court of Appeal sentenced the applicant to life imprisonment without release on parole for attempted murder.
2.
17090/22
25/03/2022
Béla MÉSZÁROS
1976
Budapest
Hungarian
Evelyn FRANK
By a final judgment of 12 June 2014, the Szeged Court of Appeal sentenced the applicant to life imprisonment without release on parole for murder and other crimes.
3.
18357/22
25/03/2022
Ferenc HANKÓ
1978
Budapest
Hungarian
Evelyn FRANK
By a final judgment of 23 July 2020, the Győr Court of Appeal sentenced the applicant to life imprisonment without release on parole for attempted murder committed on more than one person and violation of personal freedom.
4.
18359/22
25/03/2022
Dragan BAJIC
1973
Budapest
Serbian
Evelyn FRANK
By a final judgment of 4 May 2016, the Budapest Court of Appeal sentenced the applicant to life imprisonment without release on parole for murder and other crimes.
5.
12300/24
18/04/2024
Richárd Attila GÓRÉ
1986
Tiszalök
Hungarian
Evelyn FRANK
By a final judgment of 11 November 2020, the Budapest Court of Appeal sentenced the applicant to life imprisonment without release on parole for attempted murder. The decision was upheld by the Kúria on 16 November 2021.