PETROVIĆ AND OTHERS v. SERBIA
Doc ref: 28804/16;4817/17;15334/17;56925/19 • ECHR ID: 001-204962
Document date: September 3, 2020
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FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 28804/16 Dejan PETROVIĆ against Serbia and 3 other applications
( s ee appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 3 September 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström , President,
Georges Ravarani, Jolien Schukking, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application s lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the formal declaration s accepting a friendly settlement of the case s ,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicant s 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 Serbian Government (“the Government”) .
The Court received friendly-settlement declarations under which the applicant s agreed to waive any further claims against Serbia 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 case s 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 24 September 2020 .
Liv Tigerstedt Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström Acting Deputy Registrar President
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
Date 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 applicant
(in euros) [1] 2
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros) 3
28804/16
09/05/2016
Dejan PETROVIĆ
06/08/1982
Juhas Đurić Viktor
Subotica
16/03/2020
25/02/2020
1,800
250
4817/17
05/01/2017
Zoran JAGER
31/01/1969
Juhas Đurić Viktor
Subotica
16/03/2020
25/02/2020
1,700
250
15334/17
14/02/2017
Dušica MILUTINOVIĆ
11/09/1971
Đinđić Maja
Aleksinac
07/04/2020
10/07/2020
1,500
250
56925/19
22/10/2019
Marjan ĐORĐEVIĆ
30/08/1979
Blagojević Đura
Nis
15/05/2020
12/05/2020
1,700
250[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
2 Less any amounts which may have already been paid in that regard at the domestic level.
3 Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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