FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 53348/22
Szófia Alexandra NAGY against Hungary
and 14 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 12 October 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,
Lətif Hüseynov,
Ivana Jelić, 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 16 November 2023.
Attila Teplán Krzysztof Wojtyczek
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]
53348/22
09/11/2022
Szófia Alexandra NAGY
1999
Kiss Gábor H.
Budapest
19/09/2023
13/04/2023
3,900
566/23
22/12/2022
Ágnes PERLAKY
1966
Bárándy Gergely Péter
Budapest
19/09/2023
17/05/2023
7,300
2799/23
29/12/2022
Béla KISS
1967
Janklovics Ádám
Budapest
19/09/2023
13/04/2023
3,900
7604/23
25/01/2023
Zsolt PUZSOMA
1972
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
20/09/2023
07/06/2023
6,500
8068/23
02/02/2023
Tamás BERKI
1995
N. Tóth Máté
Budapest
08/09/2023
19/07/2023
3,300
8616/23
06/02/2023
Anikó KIRÁLYNÉ MÉRCSE
1976
Holló József
Budapest
30/08/2023
29/05/2023
4,600
8623/23
10/02/2023
Norbert FAZEKAS
1980
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
19/09/2023
25/05/2023
3,300
9748/23
22/02/2023
Anita VITTMAN
1974
Zsigmond György
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
31/08/2023
18/06/2023
9,100
9781/23
22/02/2023
Mária PUZSOMA
1972
Rácz József
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
31/08/2023
18/06/2023
9,100
9891/23
22/02/2023
Istvánné MORHARDT
1959
Zsigmond György
Budapest
31/08/2023
18/06/2023
9,100
9892/23
22/02/2023
László MOCZÓ
1969
Zsigmond György
Budapest
31/08/2023
18/06/2023
9,100
11914/23
16/02/2023
Róbert Ferenc ALBERT
1991
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
08/09/2023
04/07/2023
2,600
13056/23
06/03/2023
Éva SIROKI
1981
N. Tóth Máté
Budapest
30/08/2023
03/06/2023
3,900
13069/23
16/03/2023
Tímea MAHLERNÉ KIS
1971
Zsigmond György
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
20/09/2023
03/08/2023
9,100
13180/23
10/02/2023
Attila BÉRES
1966
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
19/09/2023
25/05/2023
3,300
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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