SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 24972/24
Mihály VIZI and Others against Hungary
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 19 February 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphane Pisani, President,
Juha Lavapuro,
Hugh Mercer, judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application against Hungary lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 26 August 2024,
Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the application out of the list of 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 F. Pintér, a lawyer practising in Győr.
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 LAW
After unsuccessful friendly-settlement negotiations, the Government informed the Court that they proposed to make unilateral declaration with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the application in accordance with Article 37 of the Convention.
The Government acknowledged the excessive length of civil proceedings. They offered to pay the applicants the amounts detailed in the appended table and invited the Court to strike the application out of the list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. The amounts would be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and would 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 undertook 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 applicants were sent the terms of the Government’s unilateral declaration several weeks before the date of this decision. The Court has not received a response from the applicants accepting the terms of the declaration.
The Court observes that Article 37 § 1 (c) enables it to strike a case out of its list if:
“... for any other reason established by the Court, it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application”.
Thus, it may strike out applications under Article 37 § 1 (c) on the basis of a unilateral declaration by a respondent Government even if the applicants wish the examination of the case to be continued (see, in particular, the Tahsin Acar v. Turkey judgment (preliminary objections) [GC], no. 26307/95, §§ 75‑77, ECHR 2003-VI).
The Court has established clear and extensive case-law concerning complaints relating to the excessive length of civil proceedings (see, for example, Gazsó v. Hungary, no. 48322/12, 16 July 2015 and Csatári and Others v. Hungary [Committee], no. 18514/24, 20 May 2025).
Noting the admissions contained in the Government’s declaration as well as the amount of compensation proposed – which is consistent with the amounts awarded in similar cases – the Court considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application (Article 37 § 1 (c)).
In the light of the above considerations, the Court is satisfied that respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto does not require it to continue the examination of the application (Article 37 § 1 in fine).
Finally, the Court emphasises that, should the Government fail to comply with the terms of their unilateral declaration, the application may be restored to the list in accordance with Article 37 § 2 of the Convention (Josipović v. Serbia (dec.), no. 18369/07, 4 March 2008).
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Takes note of the terms of the respondent Government’s declaration and of the arrangements for ensuring compliance with the undertakings referred to therein;
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 12 March 2026.
Attila Teplán Stéphane Pisani
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 comments, if any
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses
per applicant/ household
(in euros)[1]
24972/24
26/08/2024
(224 applicants)
Mihály VIZI
1944
János SZABÓ
1957
Lajosné PÁZMÁNDI
1952
János István ZAKAR
1945
Lukács SZILÁGYI
1955
Mária Gizella ÖRDÖGNÉ CZEGLÉDI
1959
Benjamin NYÍRI
1957
István Miklósné SZABÓ
1960
Zoltán GONDA
1942
Gyula MÁRTA
1931
Tímea NÉMETI
1978
István BAJZÁTH
1936
Imre SZŰCS
1955
Zoltánné SZIRÁKI
1955
Antal FÜLÖP
1945
Illésné GONDA
1954
Illésné KOVÁCS
1957
László ÁBRAHÁM
1961
Szilveszter KECSKÉS
1977
Tibor LUKÁCSI
1955
Jenő NAGY
1941
Jánosné PÉLI
1933
József TÓTH
1968
Andrea LAKATOSNÉ TÖRÖK
1972
András FEDOR
1958
Terézia HEGEDŰSNÉ MARKÓ
1969
Nóra LUKÁCSI
1982
Andrásné BUDAI
1966
Imréné BUDAI
1936
Henrietta CSÍKOSNÉ HEMRIK
1979
István GÁL
1942
Pál SZABÓ
1944
Imréné KORMOS
1933
Józsefné GUBANCSIK
1949
András KÜRI
1954
János KORMÁNY
1960
Sándor BOROS
1935
Sándor PAPP
1959
Angéla SLÉDERNÉ PÉNTEK
1976
Géza BARANYA
1976
Imréné TÓTH
1964
Albertné BORÓK
1951
István VIZI
1959
Mihályné TÓTH
1939
Ágnes KOSARASNÉ TELEK
1976
Tibor FÓNAGY
1975
Imre SZABÓ
1958
Emil MAJZIK
1955
András BÉRES
1944
Jenőné BERÉNYI
1944
Gyuláné CSILLIK
1954
László NÉMETH
1956
Endre BALÁZSI
1958
Mihályné FEKETE
1955
Mária Julianna PULAINÉ BARTA
1956
Albert PATONAI
1954
Dezsőné DOBOS
1960
Ferenc VARGA
1948
Józsefné OLÁH
1933
Miklósné KOVÁCS
1950
Ferenc TÓTH
1979
Andrásné LÁDI
1950
Istvánné BODÓ
1955
Miklós MARKÓ
1959
Andrásné MAJOR
1942
József GYURKÓ
1970
Károly KRISTÁLY
1964
István KOCSMÁR
1971
István SZŰCS
1960
Istvánné TÓTH
1944
Józsefné POLYÁK
1943
Istvánné SZABÓ
1953
István HADRIK
1957
István CZAKÓ
1943
Jánosné RABI NAGY
1948
József VÉKONY
1960
András CSOMOR
1941
Ferencné TÓTH
1959
Sándor BALLA
1973
Mihály BORBÉLY
1953
Imre CSILLIK
1937
Csilla SZABÓ-SZŰCS
1970
Jánosné NAGY
1937
Lászlóné KALMÁR
1955
György HÉJA
1941
Gáborné HÉJA
1939
Sándor ASZTALOS
1977
István BODÓ
1958
Imre PALÁGYI
1940
Vendel SZATMÁRI
1940
Tamás PÉNTEK
1950
József VARGA
1950
Ildikó GYŐRINÉ PÉNTEK
1967
Pál DÖMÖK
1953
Józsefné SZABÓ
1943
Ferenc BALÁZS
1967
Imréné TÓTH
1944
Béla KEREKES
1944
Lajosné CSAJBÓK
1938
Marianna JUHÁSZ
1968
Gabriella ANDRÁSINÉ KOVÁCS
1976
Csaba Tibor CSÍKHEGYI
1947
Mihály KOVÁCS
1951
Zoltán NAGY
1974
Ignác LOVÁSZ
1941
Tünde BOZÓKINÉ KATONA
1981
Sándor Lászlóné FEJES
1946
Sándor Lászlóné KANYÓ
1947
Attila VITÁRIZS
1973
Zoltán BUKTA
1970
Jánosné CSINGER
1955
István CSEH
1944
Kálmán NAGY
1967
Gáspárné HÉJA
1946
János TÓTH
1971
János ÖRDÖG
1970
Mihály BALOG
1953
Imre TÓTH
1968
Rózsa Ágota PETHE
1948
József BAJZÁTH
1936
Zoltán KISS
1955
Károly SZÖLLŐSI
1961
János NAGY
1951
Endre KOCSIS
1954
Imréné TUGYI
1967
János KOVÁCS
1965
József JUHÁSZ
1934
Józsefné TÓTH
1957
Éva Rozália TÓTH
1961
Lajosné VÍZI
1962
Béla DANI
1963
Sebestyén KOVÁCS
1942
István RIMÓCZI
1944
Anikó PAKSI
1980
Ignác BALOGH
1941
László SAFRANYIK
1959
László HAJDÚ
1957
Zoltán BODA
1940
János ORSÓ
1959
László MOLNÁR
1944
Attila SZIRÁKI
1970
Józsefné TÓTH
1953
Mihály SZŐKE
1959
Ferenc ÁDÁM
1955
János DOROGI
1951
Sándor Gusztávné BEZERÉDY
1946
Béla TAKÁCS
1960
Erika SZABÓ
1973
Kálmánné NAGY
1949
László SZEKERES
1968
Ferenc ÁRVAI
1962
Ferenc PATONAI
1949
Kálmán SZABÓ
1933
Zsuzsanna BALOGH
1963
István HÉJA
1940
Józsefné TÓTH
1941
Károlyné POMÁZI
1948
István Lajos EGYED
1957
Attila BALLA
1965
Pálné KOVÁCS
1942
Lajos TÓTH
1958
Dénesné TELEK
1948
János VARGA
1945
Károlyné PAKAI
1947
László TÓTH
1969
László BÁLINT
1954
István VÁMOS
1958
István SZABÓ
1955
Péterné RETTER
1960
Tiborné TÓTH
1966
Kálmán RÁCZ
1960
Károlyné JÓNÁS
1947
Lászlóné BATHÓ
1958
Sándorné TOLVAJ
1954
Gellértné DRÁVUCZ
1948
Józsefné DANYI
1954
István MARKÓ
1953
Edina HEMRIK
1981
Ferenc VARGA
1975
Andrásné SZINOK
1947
Mária FEJES
1970
Lászlóné GOMBÁR
1943
Károlyné BAJZÁTH
1944
Ferencné OROS
1952
István BARANYA
1941
Bertalanné BENEDEK
1941
Albert MÁTÉ
1961
Imréné ASZTALOS
1948
Attila CSATÓ
1979
Mihály TÓTH
1945
András VIGH
1951
Géza Elekné SIPOS
1958
Istvánné VIDRA
1954
Endréné ASZTALOS
1949
Imréné ALAPI
1962
Gerzson István NÉMETH
1946
Olga NÉGYESI
1983
Pál BACSÓ
1945
István PINCZI
1959
Margit VINCZÉNÉ SALLAI
1957
Andrásné NÁSZ
1962
Ferenc MÁRTON
1957
Józsefné CSATÁRI KISS
1947
Jánosné SZABÓ
1964
Tamás DOMÁNY
1978
János SZABÓ
1960
Sándorné MOLNÁR
1937
István VATAI
1952
Tünde HORVÁTHNÉ JAKOBICZ
1979
Zoltánné LIPTÁK
1960
Jenőné SZABÓ
1942
Kálmán MÁRTA
1947
Sándorné SZÖLLŐSI
1950
Ferenc GÓCZA
1950
Jenő TELEK
1933
Jánosné HERCZEGH
1938
Household
Lajos Józsefné BALOGH
1953
Lajos József BALOGH
1946
Household
János BALOGH
1956
Jánosné BALOGH
1956
Household
Lajos VIZI
1959
Lajosné VIZI
1941
Household
Gyula VÁLÓCZI
1970
Gyula Sándorné VÁLÓCZI
1948
Pintér Fruzsina
Győr
09/12/2025
15/01/2026
200
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant