L.N. and Others v. Hungary
Struck out of the list
Berörda konventionsartiklar
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 54848/21 L. N. against Hungary and 11 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 30 May 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 5 § 3 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of pre-trial detention 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 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 20 June 2024.
Attila Teplán Gilberto Felici Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 5 § 3 of the Convention
(excessive length of pre-trial detention)
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]
54848/21
03/12/2021
L.N.
1971
Bieber Ivóna
Budapest
22/04/2024
08/02/2024
5,200
8316/23
06/02/2023
Ferenc STENGER
1967
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
08/09/2023
28/06/2023
3,600
8626/23
09/02/2023
Krisztián CSŐG
2002
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
30/04/2024
17/01/2023
4,700
21860/23
25/05/2023
Zsolt SZABÓ
1986
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
16/04/2024
12/01/2024
5,900
24124/23
16/05/2023
Vivien BUDAI
1997
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
15/04/2024
15/01/2024
5,300
25291/23
05/06/2023
Sándor FARKAS
1999
Csugányné Lakatos Csilla
Miskolc
29/04/2024
07/02/2024
3,800
25663/23
14/06/2023
Lajos László DEZSŐ
1963
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
22/04/2024
28/02/2024
5,700
27257/23
30/06/2023
Zoltán Krisztián PETROVICS
1984
Frank Evelyn
Budapest
Art. 5 (4) - excessive length of judicial review of detention
18/04/2024
22/03/2024
4,900
28398/23
07/07/2023
Zoltán CSÉPÁNYI-PAPP
1977
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
15/04/2024
17/01/2023
3,900
30643/23
25/07/2023
Zoltán PAUER
1985
Frank Evelyn
Budapest
16/04/2024
01/02/2024
4,600
35971/23
08/09/2023
János AJTAI
1999
Frank Evelyn
Budapest
18/04/2024
13/02/2024
4,400
36140/23
19/09/2023
Géza NAGY
1981
Frank Evelyn
Budapest
18/04/2024
03/04/2024
4,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.