Terleth and Others v. Hungary
Struck out of the list
Berörda konventionsartiklar
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 18390/23 Tímea TERLETH against Hungary and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 15 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 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”). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.
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 14 March 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/household
(in euros) [1]
18390/23
25/04/2023
Tímea TERLETH
1972
Bihari István
Budapest
17/01/2024
15/12/2023
5,200
23286/23
30/05/2023
István LAKATOS
1980
Zsigmond György
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
17/01/2024
24/11/2023
5,200
24522/23
24/05/2023
Tünde Mária GYENES
1974
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
25/01/2024
04/12/2023
3,300
24774/23
12/06/2023
Ferenc SZILVASÁN
1978
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
17/01/2024
07/10/2023
3,600
25136/23
12/06/2023
Sándor MÁTÉ
1999
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
31/01/2024
01/12/2023
3,300
25667/23
15/06/2023
Household
Ferenc BALOGH
1991
Anikó Mónika GYENGE
1973
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
25/01/2024
04/12/2023
3,300
26223/23
21/06/2023
Zoltán György BRANDUSE
1973
Schill Szabolcs
Budapest
17/01/2024
06/10/2023
4,600
27261/23
29/06/2023
Mihály SOMOGYI
1968
Tóth Attila Tas
Budapest
31/01/2024
27/11/2023
6,400
28632/23
12/07/2023
Péter Aurél STEINACKER
1974
Schill Szabolcs
Budapest
24/01/2024
05/12/2023
5,500
29050/23
12/07/2023
Barbara Noémi FILLÓ
1981
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
17/01/2024
04/12/2023
7,300
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.