MAGYAR AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY
Doc ref: 60947/21;1076/22;5592/22;6896/22;8784/22;10595/22;12041/22;13747/22;16465/22;20653/22 • ECHR ID: 001-220287
Document date: September 22, 2022
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FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 60947/21 István Rezsőné MAGYAR against Hungary and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 22 September 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek , President,
Erik Wennerström ,
Lorraine Schembri Orland , judges,
and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants 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 Hungarian Government (“the Government”). Some applicants also invoked Article 13.
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Hungary 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 cases 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 13 October 2022.
Attila Teplán Krzysztof Wojtyczek 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
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Other complaints under well ‑ established case-law
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant
(in euros) [1]
60947/21
10/12/2021
István Rezsőné MAGYAR
1948Soltész Attila
Budapest
05/08/2022
29/07/2022
10,900
1076/22
14/12/2021
Attila HORVÁTH
1976Paulusz Bogáta
Budapest
05/08/2022
21/06/2022
3,900
5592/22
03/01/2022
Tamás ERDÉLYI
1975Schill Szabolcs
Budapest
05/08/2022
13/06/2022
9,100
6896/22
27/01/2022
Lajos RÉPÁS
1953Fahidi Gergely
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
05/08/2022
13/06/2022
6,400
8784/22
08/02/2022
Zoltán Árpád HORVÁTH
1982Patócs Ilona
Tapolca
17/08/2022
04/08/2022
3,900
10595/22
14/02/2022
Barna PATAKI
1979Tóth N. Máté
Budapest
11/07/2022
20/06/2022
4,600
12041/22
14/02/2022
István JUHÁSZ
1972Paulusz Bogáta
Budapest
05/08/2022
29/06/2022
9,100
13747/22
07/03/2022
József Márió MILÁK
1992Zoltán Róbert MILÁK
1995Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
26/07/2022
23/06/2022
3,300
16465/22
22/03/2022
Renátó SZILÁGYI
1991
17/08/2022
20/07/2022
8,200
20653/22
14/04/2022
Róbert SEBŐK
1987Borsos Tamás
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
05/08/2022
07/07/2022
7,800
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.