FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 36949/20
Péter UNYI against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 1 July 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Erik Wennerström, President,
Lorraine Schembri Orland,
Ioannis Ktistakis, judges,
and Attila Teplán, 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 criminal proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.
The Court received the 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 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 22 July 2021.
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Attila TeplánErik Wennerström
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of criminal proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year 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 pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant
(in euros)[1]
36949/20
13/08/2020
Péter UNYI
1978
Gyönyörű Zoltán
Budapest
20/05/2021
14/06/2021
5,200
39307/20
28/08/2020
Ivett Gabriella KOZMA
1965
Debreczi Géza
Budapest
11/05/2021
09/02/2021
6,500
44965/20
21/09/2020
Roland LAKATOS
1992
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
04/05/2021
16/02/2021
6,500
44986/20
15/09/2020
László Péter KOVÁCS
1987
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
18/05/2021
27/01/2021
2,700
45979/20
08/10/2020
Krisztina SZABÓ
1974
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
18/05/2021
27/01/2021
2,600
50093/20
29/10/2020
Gergely MIHALIK
1985
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
20/05/2021
07/04/2021
2,600
52353/20
16/11/2020
János NAGY
1983
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
20/05/2021
25/02/2021
3,300
54087/20
17/02/2017
Marcelo Edgardo MITAK
1972
Nagy Rajmund
Budapest
04/06/2021
17/03/2021
9,100
54763/20
25/11/2020
Mihály TÓTH
1958
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
26/04/2021
23/04/2021
15,600
8563/21
25/01/2021
Tímea NOVÁKY
1983
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
20/05/2021
06/04/2021
3,300
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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