FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 29150/20
Mihály Sándor FÖLDI against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 20 May 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President,
Péter Paczolay,
Gilberto Felici, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, 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 10 June 2021.
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Viktoriya MaradudinaAlena Poláčková
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
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]
29150/20
30/06/2020
Mihály Sándor FÖLDI
1967
Bihari István
Budapest
08/02/2021
16/10/2020
8,200
30101/20
23/06/2020
Róbert RÁCZ
1977
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
12/03/2021
23/09/2020
2,000
32601/20
22/07/2020
Árpád Péter KOVÁCSICS
1962
Jován László
Budapest
09/03/2021
11/01/2021
4,600
35982/20
10/08/2020
Zsolt János OLÁH
1974
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
09/02/2021
03/11/2020
2,000
36345/20
10/08/2020
Barnabás KARDOS
1983
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
25/02/2021
13/11/2020
2,000
37736/20
14/08/2020
Éva KOVÁCS
1979
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
08/02/2021
21/10/2020
6,500
42822/20
08/09/2020
Zoltán BAKAI
1977
Glegyák Jenő Kálmán
Győr
15/04/2021
01/04/2021
6,500
44917/20
24/09/2020
Béla CSERCSA
1974
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
06/04/2021
16/03/2021
2,500
44939/20
29/09/2020
Ottó KESZTHELYI
1980
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
12/03/2021
27/01/2021
2,000
44993/20
18/09/2020
László KALAMÁR
1983
Kozák Katalin Karolina
Budapest
12/03/2021
01/03/2021
1,400
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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