FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 1995/14
István FILICZKY against Hungary
and 10 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 22 March 2018 as a Committee composed of:
Vincent A. De Gaetano, President,
Georges Ravarani,
Marko Bošnjak, 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”).
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 12 April 2018.
Liv TigerstedtVincent A. De Gaetano
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant name
Date of birth /
Date of registration
Representative name and location
Date of receipt of Government declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses
per applicant
(in euros)[i]
1995/14
31/12/2013
István Filiczky
09/05/1965
30/10/2017
09/01/2018
2,500
28210/14
04/04/2014
Róbert Decker
29/07/1969
Karsay Ferenc
Budapest
10/01/2018
22/01/2018
3,000
31448/14
11/04/2014
István Ferenczi
31/03/1959
Karsay Ferenc
Budapest
18/01/2018
02/01/2018
3,000
34464/14
28/04/2014
Jozsefne Lebek
12/03/1936
Papp Géza Ferenc
Budapest
09/02/2018
14/11/2017
3,500
51360/14
08/07/2014
Attila Szepesi
14/12/1974
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
18/01/2018
08/01/2018
8,000
57594/14
14/08/2014
Szabolcs Farkas Molnár
28/05/1971
Somos Zoltán
Budapest
01/02/2018
24/01/2018
2,500
59019/14
21/08/2014
Margit Nagyné Paksi
01/05/1954
Fazekas Attila
Szolnok
13/02/2018
22/01/2018
7,000
62336/14
08/09/2014
József Zempléni
03/09/1967
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
09/02/2018
17/01/2018
3,000
63814/14
14/11/2014
Péterné Buváry
08/04/1942
Móritz Balázs
Budapest
11/01/2018
03/01/2018
13,000
65977/17
07/08/2014
Péter György Uhljar
01/03/1968
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
16/02/2018
08/01/2018
3,000
65983/17
07/08/2014
Zoltán Krasznai
01/05/1973
15/02/2018
17/01/2018
2,500
[i]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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