Tóth and Others v. Hungary
Struck out of the list
Berörda konventionsartiklar
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 3307/24 Tibor Mihály TÓTH against Hungary and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 19 September 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek , President , Lətif Hüseynov, Erik Wennerström , 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 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 10 October 2024.
Attila Teplán Krzysztof Wojtyczek 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]
3307/24
24/01/2024
Tibor Mihály TÓTH
1975
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
13/08/2024
17/04/2024
3,900
3423/24
26/01/2024
Viktor VRBOVSZKI
1983
Molnár Csaba
Budapest
15/05/2024
05/08/2024
2,600
5163/24
13/02/2024
Lajos ROMÁN
1954
Cseterics Krisztián
Budapest
25/07/2024
24/04/2024
3,400
5165/24
13/02/2024
Gábor LIPTÁK
1986
Cseterics Krisztián
Budapest
25/07/2024
24/04/2024
3,400
6399/24
16/02/2024
Renátó HORVÁTH
1993
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
13/08/2024
07/06/2024
2,000
6411/24
23/02/2024
Beatrix BITINGER
1973
Bozai Fanni
Budapest
25/07/2024
02/05/2024
7,300
7167/24
04/03/2024
Zsolt ORGOVÁN
1990
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
12/08/2024
11/06/2024
2,000
7170/24
28/02/2024
Tamás NÉMETH
1979
Nagy Judit Szilvia
Budapest
12/08/2024
26/06/2024
3,900
7661/24
07/03/2024
Mária Magdolna SZALONTAI
1965
Bese Julianna
Tatabánya
15/07/2024
19/06/2024
7,300
9812/24
08/03/2024
Alexandra CSERKUTI
1997
Varga Nóra Erzsébet
Budapest
12/08/2024
06/06/2024
2,600
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.