SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 55173/20
Cveta ILIJEVSKA and Others against North Macedonia
and 5 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 9 November 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Frédéric Krenc, President,
Diana Sârcu,
Davor Derenčinović, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, 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 is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Ms. Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska, a lawyer practising in Skopje.
The applicants’ complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Government of North Macedonia (“the Government”).
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against North Macedonia 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 30 November 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
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 non-pecuniary damage
per applicant
(in euros)[1]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros)[2]
55173/20
30/11/2020
(24 applicants)
Cveta ILIJEVSKA
1969
Sunchica ACEVSKA
1962
Nada ALEKSOVSKA
1951
Ilmi ALIM
1948
Mite BOGDANOVSKI
1964
Zlatka BOZHINOSKA
1961
Desanka BOZHINOVSKA
1959
Mira ILIKJ
1959
Jordanka JAKIMOVSKA
1966
Stojanka KANZUROVA
1964
Milan PIGULOVIKJ
1953
Verica RUSEVA
1963
Slavica STOJANOVSKA
1960
Zagorka STOJMENOVIKJ
1957
Besim SULJOVIC
1967
Ubavka TASEVSKA
1962
Stefanka TOFILOVSKA
1960
Dara TRAJANOVSKA
1952
Liljana TRAJKOSKA
1958
Roza TRAJKOVSKA
1962
Ilija TRAJKOVSKI
1950
Nada VELICHKOVA
1952
Zorica VELKOVSKA
1960
Mara ZADOJA
1963
18/05/2023
11/03/2023
700
250
15175/21
08/03/2021
(4 applicants)
Dragoslav TRAJKOVSKI
1967
Vecko JOLEVSKI
1953
Menka TEMELKOVSKA
1967
Goce TRAJCHEVSKI
1962
18/05/2023
11/03/2023
700
250
15179/21
01/03/2021
(7 applicants)
Nada ANGELOVSKA
1962
Adem ALILI
1952
Cveta ARANGJELOVSKA
1960
Adnan BEKIR
1954
Cane JAKIMOVSKI
1952
Deceased in 2022
Stanko JOVANOVSKI
1951
Stanka KAZANDJIEVA
1949
18/05/2023
11/03/2023
700
250
57283/21
09/11/2021
(3 applicants)
Zlate MIHAILOV
1946
Shpetime AJDAR
1950
Pero DIMISHKOVSKI
1959
18/05/2023
11/03/2023
800
250
58675/21
26/11/2021
Nermina REDJOVIKJ
1963
18/05/2023
11/03/2023
800
250
49857/22
17/10/2022
(3 applicants)
Jovanche MITKOVSKI
1962
Zdrave NEDELCHEV
1964
Suzana SLZDANOSKA
1964
18/05/2023
11/03/2023
900
250
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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