FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 36204/23
Krystyna GRABOSZ against Poland
and 25 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 9 April 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Raffaele Sabato, President,
Artūrs Kučs,
Anna Adamska-Gallant, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications against the Republic of Poland lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) 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 PROCEDUREThe list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Mr J. Knieć, a lawyer practising in Warsaw.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Polish 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 Poland 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 LAWHaving 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 13 May 2026.
Viktoriya Maradudina Raffaele Sabato
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings and lack of any effective remedy in domestic law)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage per applicant
(in euros)[1]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros)[2]
36204/23
26/09/2023
Krystyna GRABOSZ
1945
27/02/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
250
36354/23
25/09/2023
Józef DANIELIK
1950
02/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
250
36378/23
22/09/2023
Jolanta KARWOWSKA
1954
02/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
250
36421/23
25/09/2023
Witold PALUCHOW
1948
02/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
250
36501/23
22/09/2023
Andrzej ŚWIĄTEK
1949
02/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
60
36537/23
22/09/2023
Tadeusz JANKOWSKI
1952
02/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
60
36584/23
26/09/2023
Urszula DĄMBROWSKA-SALACH
1975
02/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
60
36609/23
22/09/2023
Jolanta BACZYŃSKA-LIBNER
1955
02/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
60
36611/23
22/09/2023
Zbigniew JANKOWSKI
1952
02/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
60
36715/23
22/09/2023
Anna KAMIŃSKA
1962
02/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
60
37763/23
04/10/2023
Alicja STANKIEWICZ
1955
02/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
60
38022/23
11/10/2023
Kazimierz CHOLEWA
1941
02/03/2026
10/03/2026
4,825
60
38485/23
10/10/2023
Iwonna RYBICKA
1953
02/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
0
39226/23
23/10/2023
Edward NOWAK
1939
04/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
0
39321/23
23/10/2023
Dariusz GŁUSZEK
1965
04/03/2026
10/03/2026
4,825
60
39339/23
23/10/2023
Piotr PAJĄK
1967
04/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
60
40528/23
30/10/2023
Irena ZAPERTY
1950
04/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
60
40549/23
07/11/2023
Zofia DOBOSIEWICZ
1943
04/03/2026
10/03/2026
4,950
60
40790/23
07/11/2023
Franciszek SASIN
1950
04/03/2026
10/03/2026
4,950
60
40812/23
08/11/2023
Danuta OPOLSKA
1952
04/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
60
41596/23
20/11/2023
Krzysztof DOBOSIEWICZ
1962
04/03/2026
10/03/2026
4,950
60
41615/23
15/11/2023
Tadeusz IWASZKIEWICZ
1937
04/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
60
41721/23
15/11/2023
Krzysztof WŁOCHOWSKI
1951
04/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
60
41877/23
15/11/2023
Jacek PIÓRKOWSKI
1969
04/03/2026
10/03/2026
2,600
60
624/24
24/11/2023
Marek ORŁOWSKI
1958
04/03/2026
10/03/2026
4,825
60
638/24
24/11/2023
Jan SIENGALEWICZ
1943
04/03/2026
10/03/2026
4,825
60
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.