FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 51132/22
Gábor ROSTÁS against Hungary
and 14 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 14 September 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 5 October 2023.
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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]
51132/22
12/10/2022
Gábor ROSTÁS
1982
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
07/07/2023
16/03/2023
3,600
53621/22
03/11/2022
Sándor HORVÁTH
1987
Zsigmond György
Budapest
28/06/2023
18/06/2023
1,600
54065/22
14/11/2022
Milán WÁGNER
1971
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
Art. 5 (4) - excessive length of judicial review of detention - The first instance court held its first hearing after 7 months’ delay.
07/07/2023
16/03/2023
2,000
56478/22
01/12/2022
Jenő SZIGETI
1972
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
07/07/2023
28/03/2023
3,900
57010/22
15/11/2022
Szabina GALÁN
1988
N. Tóth Máté
Budapest
28/06/2023
14/04/2023
2,300
57011/22
18/11/2022
Georgina BANGÓ
1993
Fahidi Gergely
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
03/07/2023
20/04/2023
2,700
57174/22
30/11/2022
Bertalan Imre FÁBIÁN
1969
N. Tóth Máté
Budapest
28/06/2023
11/04/2023
9,100
57776/22
12/12/2022
Zoltán MOLNÁR
1966
Nagy Judit Szilvia
Budapest
07/07/2023
03/04/2023
5,500
1327/23
28/12/2022
Ernő István BEZECZKI
1968
Finta Eszter Klára
Budapest
28/06/2023
12/05/2023
5,500
1362/23
22/12/2022
György BALOGH
1992
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
28/06/2023
04/05/2023
2,300
4088/23
12/01/2023
János MÁDER
1966
Kiss Dalma
Budapest
09/06/2023
12/07/2023
9,100
4107/23
12/01/2023
Attila Zoltán KRASSÓ
1978
Kiss Dalma
Budapest
19/05/2023
12/07/2023
9,100
7812/23
30/01/2023
Gabriella Márta SIMON
1975
Kiss Dalma
Budapest
06/07/2023
12/07/2023
9,100
8625/23
09/02/2023
Béla Marcell HORVÁTH
1974
06/07/2023
21/06/2023
3,900
9747/23
22/02/2023
Aranka PATAKFALVI
1967
Frank Evelyn
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings.
06/07/2023
18/05/2023
9,100
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.