Communicated on 19 April 2018

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 54589/15 Titusz Zoltán VARGA against Hungary lodged on 28 October 2015

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the length of the criminal proceedings conducted against the applicant (pending since 2011) and his protracted pre-trial detention (26 April 2011 to 29 April 2013; and then again, in the same case, 23 January 2014 to at least until 28 October 2015).

QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES

1. Was the length of the applicant ’ s pre-trial detention in breach of the “reasonable time” requirement of Article 5 § 3 of the Convention?

2. Was the length of the criminal proceedings in the present case in breach of the “reasonable time” requirement of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention?