FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 60392/21
Ádám Károly FARAGÓ against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 24 November 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,
Ivana Jelić,
Erik Wennerström, judges,
and Attila Teplán, 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 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 the 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 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 15 December 2022.
Attila Teplán Krzysztof Wojtyczek
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]
60392/21
24/11/2021
Ádám Károly FARAGÓ
1992
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
29/09/2022
08/07/2022
5,100
2161/22
14/12/2021
Ferenc NOVÁK
1980
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
13/09/2022
19/04/2022
2,600
5887/22
04/01/2022
Gábor HALASI
1978
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
15/09/2022
13/04/2022
3,900
8127/22
02/02/2022
László JÓNÁS
1977
22/08/2022
05/08/2022
6,500
13610/22
07/03/2022
(3 applicants)
Tibor József PRILL
1984
Norbert FAZEKAS
1980
Mónika DURKÓ
1985
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
23/09/2022
13/06/2022
3,300
15217/22
07/03/2022
Balázs BARKÓCZI
1991
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
27/09/2022
20/07/2022
2,600
15559/22
18/03/2022
Lászlóné SZILÁGYI
1972
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
02/09/2022
20/07/2022
11,700
18529/22
04/04/2022
Maximilian SHEFFIELD
1983
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
19/08/2022
14/07/2022
1,800
21737/22
23/04/2022
Tamás NAGY
1973
Csenterics Ferenc
Szentendre
12/09/2022
27/07/2022
7,800
23711/22
21/04/2022
Ákos CSEH
1989
N. Tóth Máté
Budapest
19/10/2022
22/09/2022
4,600
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.