PAPP AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY
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Document date: October 11, 2018
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FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 51966/14 Levente PAPP against Hungary and 6 other applications (see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 11 October 2018 as a Committee composed of:
Georges Ravarani, President, Marko Bošnjak, Péter Paczolay, 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 observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant 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 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”). The applicant in application no. 68096/14 also raised a complaint under Article 13 of the Convention concerning the lack of an effective remedy in domestic law in regard of his poor conditions of detention.
THE LAW
A. Joinder of the applications
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
B. Complaints under Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention
In the present applications, having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that for the reasons stated below, these complaints are inadmissible.
In particular, the Court notes that the newly introduced domestic remedy in respect of inadequate conditions of detention in Hungary was held to be an effective one in the case of Domján v. Hungary ((dec.), no. 5433/17, 14 November 2017). This remedy was available to the applicants and, indeed, used by them. Thus, the Court notes that in the procedures initiated by the applicants the first-instance domestic courts awarded them compensation in terms of the remedy contemplated in the Domján decision (cited above). However, the applicants were dissatisfied with the awards and appealed against the decisions. The appeal proceedings are still pending. Consequently, the Court finds that the complaints under Article 3 are premature and must be rejected pursuant to Article 35 §§ 1 and 4 of the Convention.
As concerns the applicant ’ s complaint under Article 13 of the Convention in application no. 68096/14, the Court notes that the applicant clearly has a domestic remedy available to him and, moreover, are currently making use of it. This complaint is therefore manifestly ill-founded within the meaning of Article 35 § 3 (a) and must be rejected pursuant to Article 35 § 4 of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Declares the application s inadmissible.
Done in English and notified in writing on 8 November 2018 .
Liv Tigerstedt Georges Ravarani Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant ’ s name
Date of birth
Representative
Facility
start and end date
Duration
Sq. m. per inmate
Specific grievances
Other complaints under well-established case-law
51966/14
22/01/2015
Levente Papp
13/06/1979
Cech András
Budapest
Heves County Prison and Budapest Prison
22/02/2013 to 13/01/2014
10 month(s) and 23 day(s)
Budapest Prison
27/01/2014 to 03/11/2014
9 month(s) and 8 day(s)
Balassagyarmat Prison
03/11/2014 to 18/01/2015
2 month(s) and 16 day(s)
Balassagyarmat Prison
18/01/2014
pending
More than 4 year(s) and 8 month(s)
2.6 m²
2.25 m²
3 m²
2.5 m²
no proper separation of toilet, shower only once a week, cockroaches, bedbugs
no proper separation of toilet, bedbugs
no proper separation of toilet, bedbugs
shower only once a week, cockroaches, bedbugs
61171/14
01/09/2014
Zsolt Orsós
09/04/1977
Cech András
Budapest
Budapest Correctional Facility, Block III. ("Maglódi/Venyige")
15/08/2011 to 21/11/2011
3 month(s) and 7 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "B"
30/03/2012 to 29/05/2012
2 month(s)
Vác Prison
29/05/2012 to 28/08/2012
3 month(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "B"
05/11/2012 to 26/12/2013
1 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 22 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "A"
26/12/2013 to 11/07/2014
6 month(s) and 16 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "A"
11/07/2014 to 23/07/2014
13 day(s)
3.75 m²
3.1 m²
3.1 m²
3.1 m²
2.6 m²
3.1 m²
shower only once a week, bedbugs
shower only once a week
shower only once a week, bedbugs
shower only once a week
shower only once a week, no proper separation of toilet
shower only once a week, no proper separation of toilet
68096/14
10/10/2014
Róbert Macsali
01/02/1975
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Sopronkőhida Prison
24/03/2012 to 10/06/2013
1 year(s) and 2 month(s) and 18 day(s)
Budapest Correctional Facility
10/06/2013 to 28/06/2013
19 day(s)
Sopronkőhida Prison
28/06/2013 to 10/07/2013
13 day(s)
Sopronkőhida Prison
03/02/2014 to 01/08/2014
5 month(s) and 30 day(s)
2.25 m²
1.7 m²
2.25 m²
2.1 m²
no proper ventilation in the cell
no proper ventilation in the cell, bedbugs
no proper ventilation in the cell
no proper ventilation in the cell
Art. 13 – lack of an effective domestic remedy
74318/14
20/11/2014
István Zsolt Mencser
16/02/1973
Cech András
Budapest
Budapest Correctional Facility
12/08/2008 to 08/03/2010
1 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 25 day(s)
Márianosztra Prison and Budapest Correctional Facility
08/03/2010 to 13/02/2012
1 year(s) and 11 month(s) and 6 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "A"
02/03/2012 to 22/03/2012
21 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "A"
01/04/2012 to 01/06/2012
2 month(s) and 1 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "B"
01/06/2012 to 03/12/2012
6 month(s) and 3 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "B"
12/12/2012 to 25/05/2013
5 month(s) and 14 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "B"
07/06/2013 to 23/07/2014
1 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 17 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "B"
04/08/2014 to 01/10/2014
1 month(s) and 28 day(s)
Balassagyarmat Prison
01/10/2014
pending
More than 3 year(s) and 11 month(s) and 17 day(s)
3.75 m²
3 m²
2.6 m²
2.6 m²
2.5 m²
2.5 m²
2.5 m²
3.1 m²
3.1 m²
shower only once a week, bedbugs
shower only once a week, no proper separation of toilet, bedbugs
shower only once a week, no proper separation of toilet
shower only once a week, no proper separation of toilet
shower only once a week, bedbugs
shower only once a week, bedbugs
shower only once a week, bedbugs
shower only once a week, bedbugs
no proper separation of toilet, bedbugs
9069/15
10/02/2015
János Göllei
06/06/1981
Cech András
Budapest
Budapest Prison and Juvenile Correctional Facility, Tököl
13/05/2014 to 13/06/2014
1 month(s) and 1 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "B"
13/06/2014 to 22/07/2014
1 month(s) and 10 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "B" and Veszprém County Prison
08/08/2014 to 09/09/2014
1 month(s) and 2 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "B"
15/09/2014
pending
More than 4 year(s) and 3 day(s)
2.7 m²
2.7 m²
3.4 m²
3.4 m²
only cold water in cell, bedbugs
only cold water in cell, bedbugs
only cold water in cell, bedbugs
only cold water in cell, bedbugs
12085/15
02/03/2015
Zoltán Lakatos
31/07/1980
Cech András
Budapest
Budapest Correctional Facility, Block III. ("Maglódi/Venyige")
19/07/2011 to 09/08/2011
22 day(s)
Budapest Correctional Facility, Block II. ("Gyorskocsi")
09/08/2011 to 15/08/2011
7 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "A"
15/08/2011 to 24/08/2011
10 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "B"
11/10/2011 to 05/12/2012
1 year(s) and 1 month(s) and 25 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "B"
04/04/2013 to 20/11/2013
7 month(s) and 17 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "B"
28/02/2014
pending
More than 4 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 21 day(s)
3.75 m²
2.5 m²
2.6 m²
3.1 m²
3.1 m²
3.1 m²
shower only once a week, bedbugs
shower only once a week, bedbugs, cockroaches
shower only once a week, bedbugs, no proper separation of toilet
shower only once a week, bedbugs
shower only once a week, bedbugs
shower only once a week, bedbugs
12095/15
02/03/2015
József Panczi
08/11/1988
Cech András
Budapest
Budapest Correctional Facility, Block III. ("Maglódi/Venyige")
29/07/2011 to 03/07/2012
11 month(s) and 5 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "A"
03/07/2012 to 06/01/2014
1 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 4 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "B"
06/01/2014 to 23/01/2014
18 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "B"
21/05/2014 to 13/01/2015
7 month(s) and 24 day(s)
Budapest Prison, Block "A"
13/01/2015
pending
More than 3 year(s) and 8 month(s) and 5 day(s)
3.75 m²
2.6 m²
3.1 m²
3.1 m²
2.6 m²
shower only once a week, bedbugs
shower only once a week, no proper separation of toilet, bedbugs, no proper ventilation in the cell
shower only once a week, bedbugs
shower only once a week, bedbugs
shower only once a week, no proper separation of toilet, bedbugs, no proper ventilation in the cell