Jónás and Others v. Hungary
Struck out of the list
Berörda konventionsartiklar
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 15893/23 János JÓNÁS against Hungary and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 4 April 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 25 April 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]
15893/23
03/03/2023
János JÓNÁS
1988
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
30/10/2023
3,900
24642/23
30/05/2023
Zoltánné HÁG
1973
Rácz József
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
31/01/2024
24/11/2023
6,500
25256/23
30/05/2023
Zoltan HÁG
1975
Rácz József
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
26227/23
16/06/2023
HŐTECHNIKA KŐOLAJIPARI KEMENCEÉPITŐ KFT
1992
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
07/03/2024
08/01/2024
2,300
26231/23
22/06/2023
Ferenc BILLIG
1971
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
07/03/2024
22/11/2023
3,300
26232/23
22/06/2023
Norton Ronin FRANK
1963
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
07/03/2024
22/11/2023
2,000
27842/23
28/06/2023
István VERES
1970
Zsigmond György
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
07/03/2024
24/11/2023
7,300
28619/23
12/07/2023
Tamás SZÁSZFAI
1983
Paulusz Bogáta
Budapest
13/03/2024
01/12/2023
3,600
29058/23
10/07/2023
Gábor DUDÁS
1975
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
06/02/2024
30/11/2023
7,300
29546/23
13/07/2023
Adrián WILK
1975
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
13/03/2024
08/12/2023
3,300
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.