FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 51681/20
Slađana ŽUNJIĆ and Others
against Montenegro
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 7 November 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Georgios A. Serghides, President,
Erik Wennerström,
Alain Chablais, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 12 November 2020,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
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 S. Urošević, a lawyer practising in Nikšić.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of administrative proceedings were communicated to the Montenegrin Government (“the Government”).
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Montenegro in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts 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 case.
THE LAW
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 application.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 28 November 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Georgios A. Serghides
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of administrative 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 declaration
Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage
per household
(in euros)[1]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per household
(in euros)[2]
51681/20
12/11/2020
(3 applicants)
Household
Slađana ŽUNJIĆ
1980
Katarina ŽUNJIĆ
1989
Ivana ŽUNJIĆ
1982
Urošević Sonja
Nikšić
16/07/2024
08/07/2024
1,800
250
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.