FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 40844/19
Zoltán József FARKAS against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 28 May 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President,
Georges Ravarani,
Jolien Schukking, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 application no. 63300/19, a complaint based on the same facts was also communicated under Article 13 of the Convention.
The Court received friendly-settlement declarations 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 18 June 2020.
Liv TigerstedtStéphanie Mourou-Vikström
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
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
Date 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/household
(in euros)[1]
40844/19
25/07/2019
Zoltán József FARKAS
02/03/1968
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
11/05/2020
27/11/2019
15,600
40845/19
25/07/2019
Gyula DÉNES
18/07/1952
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
11/05/2020
27/11/2019
15,600
45440/19
22/08/2019
András Attila VAJDA
03/11/1969
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
20/01/2020
27/04/2020
3,300
52879/19
02/10/2019
Mihály ZSÓTÉR
24/06/1968
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
20/01/2020
27/04/2020
3,300
56174/19
21/10/2019
Household
János PEKÁRIK
11/06/1955
Andrea Anita PEKÁRIKNÉ SZALAY
06/01/1971
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
24/03/2020
27/04/2020
5,200
56293/19
22/10/2019
Sándorné CSINCSÁK
25/07/1956
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
24/02/2020
27/04/2020
16,900
61376/19
18/11/2019
György LABÁTH
17/01/1969
Schill Szabolcs
Budapest
04/05/2020
20/02/2020
6,500
62332/19
28/11/2019
Tibor OROSZ
10/02/1964
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
13/03/2020
27/04/2020
6,500
63300/19
18/11/2019
Béla Balázs BORBÁS
09/02/1974
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in relation to the excessive length of the criminal proceedings
21/04/2020
20/02/2020
1,800
63862/19
02/12/2019
Lajos NAGY
28/02/1973
Földvári Csaba
Hódmezővásárhely
22/04/2020
17/03/2020
4,600
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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