FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 11599/21
István Józsefné GÁBOR and Others against Hungary
and 4 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 24 March 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President,
Raffaele Sabato,
Davor Derenčinović, 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”).
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 14 April 2022.
Attila Teplán Alena Poláčková
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
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]
11599/21
05/02/2021
(5 applicants)
István Józsefné GÁBOR
1955
Andrea GÉBER
1967
Csilla Ildikó GÜNDERTH VIRÁGH
1970
Dóra MÉSZÁROSNÉ SZÉKELY
1965
Judit NEMECSEK
1971
Gál Zoltán
Gárdony-Agárd
14/12/2021
12/01/2022
10,900
21371/21
13/04/2021
Tünde HUSZÁR
1965
Kikindai Zoltán Iván
Budapest
12/01/2022
14/01/2022
2,300
34794/21
28/06/2021
Zoltán VAS
1962
Schill Szabolcs
Budapest
07/02/2022
04/11/2021
4,600
37027/21
12/07/2021
Gábor TÓTH
1959
Visontai Csongor
Budapest
12/01/2022
29/09/2021
2,300
41795/21
10/08/2021
Csaba VARGA
1974
Szeiman Erika Vivien
Szeged
23/12/2021
27/10/2021
7,800
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.