KERTÉSZ v. HUNGARY and 3 other applications

Doc ref: 65532/16;17943/19;25908/19;25916/19 • ECHR ID: 001-196776

Document date: September 19, 2019

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KERTÉSZ v. HUNGARY and 3 other applications

Doc ref: 65532/16;17943/19;25908/19;25916/19 • ECHR ID: 001-196776

Document date: September 19, 2019

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Communicated on 19 September 2019

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 65532/16 József KERTÉSZ against Hungary and 3 other applications (see appended table )

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE S

The applications concern the applicants ’ conviction to life imprisonment and the fact that their mandatory pardon proceedings can take place only after having served forty years.

Mr József Kertész was convicted by the Pécs Court of Appeal on 10 January 2014.

Mr László Tóth was convicted by the Debrecen Court of Appeal on 20 May 2015.

Mr Mihály Nagy was convicted by the Budapest Court of Appeal on 28 February 2017.

Mr Róbert Tóth was convicted by the Debrecen Court of Appeal on 20 May 2015.

Q UESTION TO THE PARTIES

Have the applicants been deprived of any real prospect of release and thus potentially subjected to inhuman punishment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention, in view of the fact that they will not be eligible for the mandatory pardon proceedings before having served f orty years of imprisonment (see T.P. and A.T. v. Hungary , nos. 37871/14 and 73986/14, 4 October 2016)?

APPENDIX

List of applications

No.

Application no.

Date of introduction

Applicant ’ s name

Date of Birth

Represented by

65532/16

09/11/2016

József KERTÉSZ

08/02/1971

Erzsébet KADLÓT

17943/19

28/03/2019

László TÓTH

07/07/1987

Dániel András KARSAI

25908/19

07/05/2019

Mihály NAGY

17/09/1954

Dániel András KARSAI

25916/19

07/05/2019

Róbert TÓTH

13/06/1986

Dániel András KARSAI

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