FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 20013/19
Ervin JÓNÁS against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 12 December 2019 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 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 Article 13 of the Convention.
The Court received 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 16 January 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)[i]
20013/19
01/04/2019
Ervin JÓNÁS
06/11/1970
Schill Szabolcs
Budapest
05/11/2019
24/09/2019
7,300
31167/19
27/05/2019
Péter Béla KERESZTES
05/08/1952
Bálint KÉRDŐ
22/07/1949
Kiss Elemér
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law against the protraction of criminal proceedings.
12/11/2019
20/09/2019
3,900
34939/19
27/05/2019
Pál SZABÓ
23/02/1947
Kiss Elemér
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law against the protraction of criminal proceedings.
12/11/2019
19/09/2019
3,900
34941/19
27/05/2019
István SOMKUTI
27/04/1958
Kiss Elemér
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law against the protraction of criminal proceedings.
12/11/2019
20/09/2019
3,900
35018/19
26/06/2019
Ottó TAKÁCS
20/03/1963
Schill Szabolcs
Budapest
12/11/2019
01/10/2019
3,900
35869/19
28/06/2019
Béla JURÁSZIK
08/06/1956
Schill Szabolcs
Budapest
12/11/2019
01/10/2019
5,200
38635/19
09/07/2019
Gusztáv JUREK
30/12/1969
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
14/11/2019
10/10/2019
5,200
40147/19
12/07/2019
Péter Pál ILLÉS
10/01/1959
Török Ildikó
Hódmezővásárhely
08/11/2019
19/09/2019
16,900
40192/19
17/07/2019
Ildikó HORVÁTH
09/05/1976
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
12/11/2019
19/09/2019
2,600
40194/19
17/07/2019
Gyula NÉMET
09/10/1957
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
12/11/2019
19/09/2019
2,600
[i]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
Full & Egal Universal Law Academy