FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 18352/16
Erika TARSOLYNÉ RÓNASZÉKI against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 30 April 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President,
Georges Ravarani,
Jolien Schukking, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 5 § 3 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of pre-trial detention were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”). In application no. 18352/16, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under Article 5 § 4 of the Convention.
The Court received friendly-settlement declarations 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.
Liv TigerstedtStéphanie Mourou-Vikström
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 5 § 3 of the Convention
(excessive length of pre-trial detention)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Date 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 non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant
(in euros)[1]
18352/16
25/03/2016
Erika TARSOLYNÉ RÓNASZÉKI
02/10/1964
Kádár András Kristóf
Budapest
Art. 5 (4) - deficiencies in proceedings for review of the lawfulness of detention - The applicant did not receive the prosecution’s appeal and the request to continue his pre-trial detention prior to the decision of the court regarding the above mentioned appeal and request.
10/02/2020
15/11/2019
2,500
39342/19
16/07/2019
Lajos SURÁNYI
15/02/1965
Fahidi Gergely
Budapest
31/01/2020
01/10/2019
4,800
44068/19
12/08/2019
Tamás István SZABÓ
10/07/1980
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
08/01/2020
17/01/2020
2,100
44511/19
16/08/2019
Lajos SÁGVÁRI
28/09/1980
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
02/03/2020
05/12/2019
3,800
44530/19
15/08/2019
Vidor TÓTH
10/06/1991
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
31/01/2020
11/12/2019
3,800
46369/19
23/08/2019
Tamás KÁROLYI
25/10/1994
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
10/02/2020
05/03/2020
2,700
48535/19
09/09/2019
Stepan YURYK
08/11/1973
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
05/03/2020
23/12/2019
2,500
48724/19
11/09/2019
Dávid PUSOMA
15/09/1998
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
27/01/2020
09/12/2019
2,300
49028/19
12/09/2019
József István HORVÁTH
30/12/1977
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
03/03/2020
12/12/2019
2,500
49195/19
09/09/2019
György IZSOVSZKI
31/08/1989
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
05/03/2020
03/12/2019
2,200
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
Full & Egal Universal Law Academy