CSÁKI AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY
Doc ref: 1397/23, 14144/23, 15724/23, 18291/23, 19272/23, 20809/23, 21180/23, 23075/23, 24113/23, 25133/23, 2... • ECHR ID: 001-231407
Document date: February 1, 2024
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FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 1397/23 Zoltán CSÃKI against Hungary and 11 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 1 February 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Gilberto Felici , President , Péter Paczolay, Raffaele Sabato , 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 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 Governmentâ€). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.
The Court received 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 22 February 2024.
Attila Teplán Gilberto Felici 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]
1397/23
23/12/2022
Zoltán CSÃKI
1964
Zsigmond György
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings -
09/01/2024
24/11/2023
10,400
14144/23
23/03/2023
Noémi SZABÓ
1996
Finta Eszter Klára
Budapest
10/01/2024
14/09/2023
3,300
15724/23
29/03/2023
Bertold LUCZ
1967
Finta Eszter Klára
Budapest
10/01/2024
26/09/2023
6,400
18291/23
23/04/2023
Henrik VERES
1991
Ésik Sándor
Budapest
10/01/2024
25/09/2023
6,400
19272/23
25/04/2023
Renáta HOSSZÚ
1980
Bihari István
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings -
24/11/2023
15/12/2023
6,500
20809/23
18/05/2023
Tamás SZÃSZFAI
1983
Paulusz Bogáta
Budapest
10/01/2024
27/09/2023
3,900
21180/23
19/05/2023
Lajos SZITA
1976
Payrich András
Budapest
10/11/2023
03/01/2024
4,500
23075/23
18/05/2023
Boldizsár DINÓ
1988
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings -
14/12/2023
02/11/2023
3,300
24113/23
02/06/2023
Dániel Lajos KABELÃCS
1979
Zsigmond György
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings -
14/12/2023
24/11/2023
6,500
25133/23
12/06/2023
Aladár Tamás PATÃLY
1979
Finta Eszter Klára
Budapest
10/01/2024
09/11/2023
3,300
25134/23
12/06/2023
Viktor Zsolt PATÃLY
1981
Finta Eszter Klára
Budapest
10/01/2024
05/12/2023
3,300
25426/23
07/06/2023
Huowen CHEN
1997
Finta Eszter Klára
Budapest
09/01/2024
14/09/2023
2,600
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.