FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 18365/22
Judit JÁVORINÉ SULÁK against Hungary
and 10 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 6 April 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President,
Gilberto Felici,
Raffaele Sabato, 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”). 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 11 May 2023.
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
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]
18365/22
31/03/2022
Judit JÁVORINÉ SULÁK
1980
Kucserák Katalin
Budapest
14/11/2022
16/03/2023
2,600
34520/22
08/07/2022
Lajos HOPKA
1970
Bihari István
Budapest
20/12/2022
16/03/2023
6,400
35584/22
14/07/2022
Zoltán PONGRÁCZ
1971
Kosdi Kornél
Budapest
02/02/2023
22/02/2023
7,800
39812/22
11/08/2022
Dániel Bertalan SÁNDOR
1999
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
14/03/2023
09/12/2022
2,000
42108/22
24/08/2022
Csaba LAKATOS
1974
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 5 (4) - excessive length of judicial review of detention - One of the judicial reviews of the applicant’s detention was significantly delayed.
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
08/03/2023
08/11/2022
5,100
42564/22
30/08/2022
Katalin ORGOVÁN
1976
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
14/03/2023
14/12/2022
2,000
42573/22
29/08/2022
Zoltán MÁGA
1992
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
21/02/2023
07/11/2022
3,900
47202/22
12/09/2022
Imre ÉLES
1957
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
13/02/2023
16/12/2022
3,300
47209/22
12/09/2022
András BODOR
1957
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
13/02/2023
08/12/2022
3,900
48034/22
05/10/2022
József Márió MILÁK
1992
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
15/02/2023
03/02/2023
1,400
49539/22
14/10/2022
Róbert ORGOVÁN
1979
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
31/01/2023
03/01/2023
2,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.