Published on 12 December 2022
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 13727/20
Ferenc PÁPICS
against Hungary
and 17 other applications
(see list appended)
communicated on 21 November 2022
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applications concern the applicants’ conviction to life imprisonment and the fact that their mandatory pardon proceedings can take place only after having served forty years. The list of applicants and the relevant factual information are set out in the appended table.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Have the applicants been deprived of any real prospect of release and thus potentially subjected to inhuman punishment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention, in view of the fact that they will not be eligible for the mandatory pardon proceedings before having served forty years of imprisonment (see T.P. and A.T. v. Hungary, nos. 37871/14 and 73986/14, 4 October 2016)?
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth
Nationality
Represented by
Specific grievances
1.
13727/20
Pápics v. Hungary
02/03/2020
Ferenc PÁPICS
1968
Hungarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was sentenced by final judgment of the Pécs Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for aggravated murder on 10 February 2009.
2.
30120/20
Ottlakán v. Hungary
02/07/2020
József OTTLAKÁN
1973
Hungarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was sentenced as a recidivist by final judgment of the Szeged Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for murder, robbery and other crimes on 10 May 2023.
3.
30123/20
Sipőcz v. Hungary
02/07/2020
Zoltán SIPŐCZ
1978
Hungarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was sentenced by final judgment of the Győr Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for aggravated murder on 17 February 2009.
4.
33746/20
Navratil v. Hungary
27/07/2020
János NAVRATIL
1980
Hungarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was sentenced as a multiple recidivist by final judgment of the Szeged Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for murder and robbery on 27 February 2014.
5.
34908/20
Áldott v. Hungary
30/07/2020
József ÁLDOTT
1977
Hungarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was sentenced by final judgment of the Győr Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for aggravated murder and abuse of firearms on 2 October 2007.
6.
49294/20
Magyar v. Hungary
04/11/2020
Róbert MAGYAR
1970
Hungarian
Csilla CSUGÁNYNÉ LAKATOS
The applicant was sentenced by final judgment of the Debrecen Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for incitement to murder and other crimes on 13 March 2012.
7.
53589/20
Mészáros v. Hungary
13/11/2020
Tibor János MÉSZÁROS
1975
Hungarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was sentenced by final judgment of the Szeged Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for murder, robbery and other crimes on 29 April 2015.
8.
53607/20
Tétényi v. Hungary
13/11/2020
Lajos TÉTÉNYI
1990
Hungarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was sentenced as multiple recidivist by final judgment of the Győr Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for murder on 10 October 2019.
9.
13691/21
Maczák v. Hungary
01/03/2021
Zoltán MACZÁK
1976
Hungarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was sentenced by final judgment of the Szeged Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for aggravated murder on 29 June 2015.
10.
13702/21
Kovács v. Hungary
24/02/2021
Krisztián KOVÁCS
1984
Hungarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was sentenced as multiple recidivist by final judgment of the Pécs Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for murder and other crimes on 30 May 2018.
11.
24647/21
Rézműves v. Hungary
03/05/2021
Attila RÉZMŰVES
1967
Hungarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was sentenced by the Budapest High Court to life imprisonment without release on parole for aggravated murder on 18 March 2016. The judgment was upheld on appeal by the Budapest Court of Appeal on 14 September 2016.
12.
31336/21
Fülöp v. Hungary
27/05/2021
József FÜLÖP
1975
Romanian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was sentenced as multiple recidivist by final judgment of the Pécs Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for murder and other crimes on 30 May 2018.
13.
40481/21
Stoyanov v. Hungary
02/08/2021
Ivaylo Neliev STOYANOV
1991
Bulgarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was found guilty of human trafficking and sentenced to life imprisonment without release on parole by final judgment of the Szeged Court of Appeal on 20 June 2019.
14.
56332/21
Balog v. Hungary
27/10/2021
Mihály BALOG
1966
Hungarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was sentenced as multiple recidivist to life imprisonment without release on parole for robbery, and other crimes on 10 December 2020 by the Budapest Court of Appeal.
15.
17888/22
Nagy v. Hungary
30/03/2022
János Dániel NAGY
1974
Hungarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant, a multiple recidivist, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without release on parole on 24 May 2017 by the Győr Court of Appeal.
16.
19033/22
Szűcs v. Hungary
07/04/2022
István SZŰCS
1980
Hungarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was sentenced to life imprisonment without release on parole by the Szeged High Court on 22 September 2011 for multiple aggravated murders.
17.
21742/22
Sándor v. Hungary
26/04/2022
József SÁNDOR
1973
Hungarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was found guilty of aggravated multiple murder and sentenced as recidivist to life imprisonment without release on parole by final judgment of the Budapest Court of Appeal on 4 July 2017.
18.
39032/22
Horváth v. Hungary
04/08/2022
Gábor HORVÁTH
1982
Hungarian
Dániel András KARSAI
The applicant was found guilty of aggravated murder, robbery and causing bodily harm and was sentenced as multiple recidivist to life imprisonment without release on parole by the Győr Court of Appeal on 1 February 2022.