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BALOGH AND OTHERS v. SLOVAKIA
Doc ref: 20920/19;23079/19;41356/19 • ECHR ID: 001-202720
Document date: April 30, 2020
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BALOGH AND OTHERS v. SLOVAKIA
Doc ref: 20920/19;23079/19;41356/19 • ECHR ID: 001-202720
Document date: April 30, 2020
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THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 20920/19 Jozef BALOGH against Slovakia and 2 other applications
( s ee appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 30 April 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Dmitry Dedov , President, Alena Poláčková , Gilberto Felici , 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 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 Slovak Government (“the Government”) .
The Court received friendly-settlement declarations under which the applicant s agreed to waive any further claims against Slovakia 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 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 22 May 2020 .
Liv Tigerstedt Dmitry Dedov 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 pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage per applicant
(in euros) [1]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros) [2]
20920/19
08/04/2019
Jozef BALOGH
13/04/1978
Jozef Sabó
Se č ovce
25/03/2020
04/02/2020
2,600
250
23079/19
24/06/2019
Branislav ADAMÄŒO
06/07/1978
Jozef Sabó
Sečovce
25/03/2020
04/02/2020
2,600
250
41356/19
25/07/2019
Milan ŠPANÍR
26/02/1947
Ľuboš Bajužík
Humenné
25/03/2020
04/02/2020
7,800
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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