SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 10826/22
Zorica VELKOVSKA and others against North Macedonia
and 12 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 23 November 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Frédéric Krenc, President,
Diana Sârcu,
Davor Derenčinović, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, 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 is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Ms. Danche Chakarovska‑Grozdanovska, a lawyer practising in Skopje.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Government of North Macedonia (“the Government”).
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against North Macedonia 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 14 December 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage
per applicant
(in euros)[1]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros)[2]
10826/22
14/02/2022
(12 applicants)
Zorica VELKOVSKA
1969
Canka CHOLAKOVA-‑MICHOVSKA
1952
Toni EFREMOV
1968
Stojanche JANEVSKI
1950
Dejan JANKOVSKI
1974
Zoritsa MAKARCHUK
1961
Slavica MANASIEVSKA
1958
Jagoda NIKOLOVSKA
1958
Spasena PAVLOVA
1942
Snejana SAPUNOVA-‑MARKOVSKA
1947
Karolina SENKOVA
1970
Cvetanka STAMENKOVSKA
1949
21/07/2023
14/06/2023
300
250
20014/22
12/04/2022
(14 applicants)
Stana TRAJKOVSKA
1957
Fadil ADEMI
1954
Hrisula APOSTOLSKA
1958
Goce BOSHKOVSKI
1970
Ljubica BREZOSKA
1949
Tomislav CONEV
1958
Goce IVANOSKI
1964
Mircho JOVANOVSKI
1959
Hajrush LJESKOVICA
1963
Mirko MAKSIMOSKI
1953
Stojancha MIHAILOV
1941
Muhamet MUSTAFOV
1962
Vera STOJANOVSKA
1954
Zharko STOJOSKI
1965
21/07/2023
14/06/2023
300
250
3.
20925/22
20/04/2022
(11 applicants)
Vlado STOJANOVSKI
1959
Ivan ACKOVSKI
1960
Gjulistan ARIF
1955
Lile CVETKOVSKA
1959
Vladimir DAMEVSKI
1952
Emil KOCHAROV
1973
Djezmi MUAREMOV
1960
Jovche STANOEV
1966
Isuf TOCHI
1953
Slobodan TRAJKOVSKI
1956
21/07/2023
14/06/2023
300
250
Kiro NAKOV
1954
200
4.
22699/22
29/04/2022
(11 applicants)
Ice POPOSKI
1960
Ljuba ARSOVSKA
1955
Krste ARSOVSKI
1953
Slavica BOSHKOVA
1973
Milan BOSHKOVSKI
1952
Radovan GJORGJIEVSKI
1968
Pajazit ILJAZ
1949
Kjemail KADRIEVSKI
1958
Fadil KASAMI
1959
Goran MARKOSKI
1972
Olivera SARZHOSKA
1971
21/07/2023
14/06/2023
300
250
5.
23247/22
04/05/2022
(8 applicants)
Kata NIKOLOVSKA
1956
Milica DAVITKOVSKA
1950
Katerina NIKOLOVSKA
1957
Olivera PETRUSHEVSKA
1968
Aco PETRUSHEVSKI
1966
Elida PUTEVSKA
1955
Dimitar SHISHKOV
1942
Ilija STOJANOV
1948
21/07/2023
14/06/2023
300
250
6.
26852/22
25/05/2022
(25 applicants)
Blagoja STOJANOVSKI
1958
Halim BEKIR
1963
Panche BLAZHEVSKI
1954
Zoran BOGATINOVSKI
1965
Blagoj DIMITRIJEVSKI
1955
Vera GJORGOVSKA
1962
Risto KAMCHEV
1962
Ivanka KITANOSKA
1954
Lozanka KOSTOVSKA
1960
Vesa KUZMANOVSKA
1961
Borka MIRCHEVSKA
1953
Ivanka MITREVSKA
1948
Shaban MURATI
1954
Snezhana NIKOLOVSKA
1957
Temelko PEROVSKI
1943
Ajdin SHAKIR
1955
Tome SHKOBALJ
1956
Blagojche SHOPOSKI
1966
Ramize SINAN
1960
Ljupco STANCHEVSKI
1956
Boshko STOJANOVSKI
1952
Tomislav TANEVSKI
1955
Vesna TASEVSKA
1962
Kiro TOMIKJ
1966
Gordana VUCHKOVSKA
1965
21/07/2023
14/06/2023
300
250
7.
27733/22
26/05/2022
(24 applicants)
Vlatko MISHEV
1965
Chedomir ARSOSKI
1965
Zhivko BOGDANOVSKI
1962
Sasho BOGOEVSKI
1964
Efka CHURLINOVA DOBRIJEVIKJ
1968
Sadik EMINI
1961
Aneta GJOZEVA
1973
Milan ILIJEVIKJ
1966
Ljubica IVANOVSKA
1955
Sasho IVANOVSKI
1976
Sali JAHI
1967
Zekjirja JAHJA
1967
Misho JORDANOVSKI
1975
Sonja JOVANOVSKA
1967
Zoran KALIMANOVSKI
1968
Gordana KUZMANOVSKA
1960
Bogoljub MILOSHESKI
1956
Orce NAUMOVSKI
1969
Ljupche PETROVSKI
1959
Djemo RAMADANI
1967
Mladen STOJANOVSKI
1964
Trajan STOJANOVSKI
1952
Gjorgji TOSEV
1958
Vane ТАNEVSKI
1972
21/07/2023
14/06/2023
300
250
8.
28271/22
27/05/2022
(24 applicants)
Kamka DULEVSKA
1955
Shefket ALIJA
1950
Trajan ARSOVSKI
1949
Branislava AVRAMOVSKA
1953
Slobodan BLAZHEVSKI
1944
Branko CIMBIROVSKI
1958
Zlatko CIMBIROVSKI
1963
Dragi DJANGAROVSKI
1957
Valentina GJORGIEVSKA
1969
Jane JANAKIEVSKI
1969
Iso JURUKOVSKI
1956
Ilija KOLAROVSKI
1948
Zhivka MAZHOVSKA
1957
Goce MILEVSKI
1969
Maja MIRKOVA
1977
Zhivko NESHKOVIKJ
1956
Emin SALI
1966
Imer SALI
1964
Dragan SILJANOVSKI
1971
Marjan SPASOVSKI
1966
Ruzhica SPIREVSKA
1954
Krstana STANISHEVA
1949
Dejan TRAJANOVSKI
1980
Dejan ZAFIROVSKI
1974
21/07/2023
14/06/2023
300
250
9.
31834/22
12/06/2022
(6 applicants)
Vesa SANEVA
1951
Blagorodna DIMITROVA
1946
Sonja PESHEVA
1963
Pavle TODEV
1958
Rosa ZLATEVSKA
1963
21/07/2023
14/06/2023
200
250
Vesna NESHOVSKA
1961
300
10.
32405/22
24/06/2022
(7 applicants)
Zoran DIMOVSKI
1968
Vasilka CVETANOVSKA
1964
Lepa NAJDOVSKA
1955
Bozidar PANCHEVSKI
1953
Violetka SHISHKOVA
1949
Mara VANGELOVA
1961
21/07/2023
14/06/2023
300
250
Todor JOVANOV
1953
200
11.
32831/22
28/06/2022
Ibrima DALIPOVA
1954
21/07/2023
14/06/2023
1,700
250
12.
57895/22
07/12/2022
(3 applicants)
Ljube STOJANOVSKI
1957
Vesa KIRANDJIKJ
1966
Jasmina MARKOSKA
1960
21/07/2023
14/06/2023
300
250
13.
2338/23
20/12/2022
(7 applicants)
Slobodanka NAKEVSKA
1948
Cvetanka ARSOVSKA
1952
Stojanka BOGOEVA
1946
Panche CANDOV
1947
Gjore DIMCHEVSKI
1947
Makedonka GJORGJIEVA
1944
Vasilka ZDRAVKOVSKA
1947
21/07/2023
14/06/2023
300
250
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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