SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 20628/24
László TORNYOS
against Hungary
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 27 March 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Gediminas Sagatys, President,
Stéphane Pisani,
Juha Lavapuro, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 10 July 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 D. Kiss, 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”). Complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.
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 both courts trying the applicant acknowledged the undue length of the case and took this into account as an important mitigating factor when sentencing the applicant only to a fine whose amount was close to the statutory minimum.
In view of the above, the Court finds that the applicant can no longer claim to be a victim of a violation of his rights under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention. These complaints are therefore incompatible ratione personae with the provisions of the Convention and must be rejected, in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.
Remaining complaintsThe applicant also raised other complaints under various articles of the Convention.
The Court has examined the application and considers that, in the light of all the material in its possession and in so far as the matters complained of are within its competence, these complaints either do not meet the admissibility criteria set out in Articles 34 and 35 of the Convention or do not disclose any appearance of a violation of the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Convention or the Protocols thereto.
It follows that this part of the application must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 § 4 of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Declares the application inadmissible.
Done in English and notified in writing on 30 April 2025.
Attila Teplán Gediminas Sagatys
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
Other complaints under well-established case-law
20628/24
10/07/2024
László TORNYOS
1974
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
02/05/2016
08/10/2024
8 year(s) and 5 month(s) and
7 day(s)
2 level(s) of jurisdiction
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings