THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 34608/22
Ilija RISTIĆ against Serbia
and 4 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 6 February 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, President,
Úna Ní Raifeartaigh,
Mateja Đurović, 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 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 constitutional proceedings were communicated to the Serbian Government (“the Government”).
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Serbia 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 6 March 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir
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/
registration
Representative’s name and location
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] 2
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros)3
34608/22
06/07/2022
Ilija RISTIĆ
1940
Lazarevic Zoran
Belgrade
30/10/2024
04/10/2024
1,200
250
40547/22
03/08/2022
Zorica STAMENKOVIĆ
1950
Nikolić Đorđe
Leskovac
30/10/2024
22/10/2024
1,800
250
11747/23
09/03/2023
HUMANITARIAN LAW CENTRE
1993
Kostić Katarina
Belgrade
30/10/2024
13/01/2025
1,200
250
8621/24
06/03/2024
Vera LJUBOBRATOVIĆ
1953
/
30/10/2024
23/10/2024
1,200
/
9404/24
18/03/2024
Ivan NEGIĆ
1960
Pavlović Mihailo
Belgrade
30/10/2024
24/09/2024
1,200
250
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
2 Less any amounts which may have already been paid in that regard at the domestic level.
3 Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.