SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 14825/24
Béla SÁROSI
against Hungary
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 5 December 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Davor Derenčinović, President,
Gediminas Sagatys,
Stéphane Pisani, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 17 May 2024,
Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.
The applicant was represented by Mr Z. Gárdonyi, a lawyer practising in Budapest.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”).
THE LAW
Complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (excessive length of criminal proceedings)
In the present application, having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that for the reasons stated below, the respondent Government cannot be held liable for the protractedness of the proceedings.
In particular, the Court notes that the domestic courts acknowledged the undue length of the proceedings and provided adequate redress, when sentencing the applicant, by taking this element into consideration as an important mitigating factor.
It follows that the applicant can no longer claim to be a victim of a violation of his rights under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.
In view of the above, the Court finds that these complaints are incompatible ratione personae with the provisions of the Convention and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Declares the application inadmissible.
Done in English and notified in writing on 16 January 2025.
Attila Teplán Davor Derenčinović
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of criminal proceedings)
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Start of proceedings
End of proceedings
Total length
Levels of jurisdiction
14825/24
17/05/2024
Béla SÁROSI
1992
Gárdonyi Zsolt
Budapest
04/12/2017
17/09/2024
6 year(s), 9 month(s) and 14 day(s)
2 level(s) of jurisdiction