FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 47623/19
Benjámin István GOLDMANN against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 29 September 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 representative 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. 64280/19, a complaint based on the same facts was also communicated under Article 13 of the Convention.
The Court received the 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 22 October 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
(in euros)[1]
47623/19
30/08/2019
Benjámin István GOLDMANN
23/06/1976
03/08/2020
13/01/2020
11,700
61102/19
20/11/2019
László VÖRÖS
10/11/1973
Elemér HORVÁTH
19/02/1982
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
31/08/2020
14/05/2020
3,900
64280/19
04/12/2019
Károly István MEZŐDI
28/07/1986
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
01/09/2020
14/05/2020
3,900
64980/19
06/12/2019
Ernő MAGYAR
16/01/1940
Földvári Csaba
Hódmezővásárhely
29/08/2020
10/06/2020
5,200
1364/20
19/12/2019
Gabriella TREKOVANICZ
02/06/1972
25/08/2020
25/06/2020
14,300
2136/20
20/12/2019
István TULOKI
25/04/1966
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
25/08/2020
19/06/2020
3,300
2144/20
18/12/2019
Attila Lajos KOVÁCS
09/05/1969
Schill Szabolcs
Budapest
31/08/2020
14/05/2020
7,300
4111/20
07/12/2019
István FÖLDESI
11/03/1966
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
01/09/2020
14/05/2020
6,400
7426/20
20/11/2019
Zsolt OLÁH
29/08/1993
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
29/08/2020
18/06/2020
3,300
9048/20
07/02/2020
István HIRTENBERG
09/08/1976
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
28/08/2020
01/07/2020
2,300
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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