Ademi and Others v. North Macedonia

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 27678/17 Ibraim ADEMI against North Macedonia and 19 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 11 June 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,

Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos,

Armen Harutyunyan, judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 alleged excessive length of the domestic proceedings were communicated to the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia (“the Government”).

The Court received friendly-settlement declarations under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against North Macedonia 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.

Liv Tigerstedt Krzysztof Wojtyczek Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention

(Excessive length of civil / criminal proceedings)

No.

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Representative’s name and location

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses

per applicant (in euros) [1]

27678/17

06/04/2017

Ibraim ADEMI

1959

Ljupcho Lazareski

Gostivar

17/01/2020

18/01/2020

3,700

75052/17

18/10/2017

Borche STOJKOVSKI

1978

Marija Koshevaliska

Shtip

17/01/2020

02/01/2020

1,400

18902/18

14/04/2018

Nase VELICHKOVSKI

1962

Blagoj Angjelovski

Kriva Palanka

17/01/2020

22/01/2020

1,700

45413/18

19/09/2018

Gordana DODEVSKA

1968

Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska

Skopje

17/01/2020

19/12/2019

3,400

45429/18

20/09/2018

Melita DONEVA

1966

Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska

Skopje

17/01/2020

19/12/2019

3,400

46042/18

21/09/2018

Miodrag DAVCHEVSKI

1954

Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska

Skopje

17/01/2020

19/12/2019

3,500

46057/18

20/09/2018

Slavjanka KOSTOV

1955

Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska

Skopje

17/01/2020

19/12/2019

3,400

46492/18

25/09/2018

Snezhana TRAJANOVSKA

1969

Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska

Skopje

17/01/2020

19/12/2019

3,400

46496/18

26/09/2018

Robert JORDANOV

1959

Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska

Skopje

17/01/2020

19/12/2019

3,400

46870/18

27/09/2018

Perica DIMITRIEVSKI

1966

Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska

Skopje

17/01/2020

19/12/2019

3,400

49307/18

15/10/2018

(7 applicants)

Alija SAITFARUK

1949

Velko DIMITROVSKI

1944

Risto BELOV

1944

Violeta STOJANOVA

1959

Kiro JAKIMOV

1957

Krsto CHAPALOV

1940

Vidan STOJANOV

1947

Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska

Skopje

17/01/2020

19/12/2019

3,500

53423/18

07/11/2018

Slobodan GJORGJIOSKI

1963

Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska

Skopje

17/01/2020

19/12/2019

3,700

55921/18

16/11/2018

(16 applicants)

Dragi KOSTOVSKI

1951

Elica JOVANOVA

1954

Jasminka GULEVSKA

1961

Marika STEVKOVSKA

1955

Vukica TRPEVSKA

1963

Danica JOSIFOVSKA

1953

Stanka ILIOVSKA

1959

Sretka GJORGJEVSKA

1959

Vaska ILIEVSKA

1953

Vukica NAUMOVSKA

1955

Ljuba PAVLOSKA

1955

Jusuf IMER

1948

Faat DJELADIN

1963

Radica ANGELOVSKA

1963

Svetlana CVETKOVSKA

1958

Bekjir NUREDINI

1955

Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska

Skopje

17/01/2020

19/12/2019

2,600

56410/18

23/11/2018

(5 applicants)

Ekrem USEIN

1947

Nada ALEKSOVSKA

1950

Darka GJOSHEVA

1949

Spasa MINOVSKA

1954

Jelica SPASIKJ

1952

Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska

Skopje

17/01/2020

19/12/2019

3,500

56599/18

26/11/2018

Marko MARKOSKI

1951

Vladimir Stojkoski

Struga

17/01/2020

03/03/2020

2,100

59617/18

12/12/2018

(11 applicants)

Jovica PETKOVSKI

1966

Strahil KARTALOV

1949

Rade MERDJANOVSKI

1962

Vera STOJANOVSKA

1954

Velika VAPSKA

1947

Lenka KUZMANOVA

1949

Spasena MLADENOVSKA

1957

Zlatka ARSOVA

1955

Zorka STOJCHEVSKA

1951

Ljuba KJIMOVSKA

1959

Pavlina SMILEVA

1952

Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska

Skopje

17/01/2020

19/12/2019

3,100

3320/19

10/01/2019

MAK VOZILA DOOEL SKOPJE

Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska

Skopje

17/01/2020

19/12/2019

2,300

10644/19

18/02/2019

(8 applicants)

Savetka GJORGJIEVSKA

1956

Jordan TRAJKOVSKI

1958

Ratka POPOVA

1960

Miodrag ANTIKJ

1966

Marjan RISTOVSKI

1964

Aleksandar STEFANOVSKI

1944

Cena GJORGJIEVSKA

1959

Dobrila PETREVA

1951

Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska

Skopje

17/01/2020

19/12/2019

4,100

12059/19

25/02/2019

Branislav STOLESKI

1956

17/01/2020

10/01/2020

4,000

21536/19

15/04/2019

Ljubomir BUNDALESKI

1971

Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska

Skopje

17/01/2020

19/12/2019

3,400

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.