FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 36016/23
László SENKÓ and Others
against Hungary
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 13 June 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Gilberto Felici, President,
Péter Paczolay,
Raffaele Sabato, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 20 September 2023,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Mr I. Barbalics, a lawyer practising in Budapest.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”).
The Court received 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 this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amount detailed in the appended table. This amount 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 this amount within the above‑mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on it, 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 case.
THE LAW
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 application.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 4 July 2024.
Attila Teplán Gilberto Felici
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
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]
36016/23
20/09/2023
(93 applicants)
László SENKÓ
1947
Ferenc AMBRUS
1956
Attila György BAKÓ
1972
Mária BARKÓNÉ NAGY
1955
Sándor BAUMANN
1943
Sándor BEDŐ
1951
Antal BELICZA
1950
Erzsébet BENE
1952
László BERECZKI
1938
Ilona BÍRÓ
1954
Zoltánné BÍRÓ
1952
Lászlóné BORBÉLY
1934
László Mihály BUCHLEITNER
1955
László Lajos BUJTÁS
1960
Andrásné CSANAKI
1938
István Béláné CSEKŐ
1947
Ferencné DÁVID
1947
Gyuláné DEÁK
1932
László DÉRI
1960
Rita DÉRINÉ VARGA
1967
Ágoston Lajosné DOSEK
1956
Antalné EISZRICH
1954
András FARKAS
1939
Zoltán FARKAS
1944
Árpádné FILIPÁNIS
1959
Józsefné FÜREDI
1942
Ödönné GAÁL
1940
István GILLICH
1937
Sándorné GUTAI
1948
Sándorné GYURICZA
1941
Gábor HALÁSZ
1968
Andrea HEFFLERNÉ PAPP
1973
Imre HEGEDŰS
1945
Zsolt HEGEDŰS
1972
Csaba István HERKE
1946
Judit HÓDINÉ KARDOS
1960
István HOLLÓS
1957
László HORVÁTH
1965
József Pál HUCSKÓ
1937
Lászlóné JÁRFÁS
1935
Árpád KÁLMÁN
1953
Istvánné KEGLOVICS
1952
Györgyi KISS
1969
Lajosné KNÖPFL
1944
Tünde KORONA
1967
Ferencné KOVÁCS
1945
György Miklós KOVÁCS
1966
Julianna KOVÁCS
1948
Péterné KOVÁCS
1957
Emil József KOZSÁR
1954
Mihályné KRASZNAI
1944
Tivadar Józsefné LÁNG
1941
Károly LASKAWI
1947
Antalné LUKÁCS
1937
Sándor MÁRTON
1926
Tibor Károly MELIKANT
1947
Dániel MÉSZÁROS
1939
Gábor MIKLÓS
1976
Rita MÓRÉNÉ RÁCZ
1967
Barnabásné NAGY
1929
Jenőné NAGY
1938
Tibor NAGY
1951
Ferencné NÁNAI
1952
István Lajosné NÉMETH
1960
Istvánné NÉMETH
1939
László OCELLA
1957
Géza Endre OSSKÓ
1943
Mihály Jánosné PAP
1960
László Mihály PÁPAI
1945
Béla PASZMÁR
1964
Pál PERJÉS
1932
Ferencné POLGÁR
1942
János POTÁRI
1953
Rolland RÁCZ
1969
László SEPRENYI
1937
Sándor SEPRENYI
1962
Gyula SIKOS
1956
Károlyné SIMON
1942
Károlyné SIMON
1956
János STRAUSZ
1936
Zolánné SZABÓ
1942
Olga SZABÓNÉ KOVÁCS
1953
Gyula SZALAY
1982
Imréné SZANDTHEIMER
1937
Tímea Linda SZÉKELYI
1983
Tamás János SZLOVÁK
1959
Ida SZŐKE
1941
Ibolya TASNÁDINÉ TRIBIK
1955
Zsolt TÁSZLER
1956
Istvánné TÓTH
1941
Lászlóné VÁCZI
1943
László ZSIRAI
1937
Márton ZSOLDOS
1938
Barbalics István
Budapest
15/05/2024
03/05/2024
2,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.