Rinkács and Others v. Hungary

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 3313/24 Tibor RINKÁCS against Hungary and 4 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 civil 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 civil proceedings)

No.

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth/ registration

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]

3313/24

20/01/2024

Tibor RINKÁCS

1970

Szabó Gábor

Göd

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings

04/07/2024

18/03/2024

2,600

4797/24

06/02/2024

(18 applicants)

Wanda Teresa BUKULI

1956

Éva Rozália CSOMOR

1970

Istvánné HORVÁTH

1947

János KATONA

1932

Ferenc LAJOS

1941

Zoltánné MARTON

1954

Gáborné MOLNÁR

1968

Júlia NAGY

1973

György NÉMETH

1971

Timea Julianna PAJZSNÉ VÁMOSI

1971

Zsuzsanna PAMUKI

1970

Lajos Jánosné SZABÓ

1940

Miklós SZENCZY

1968

Csaba VADÁSZ

1979

Lajos VAJDA

1946

Gyula VALOVICS

1957

Aladár Lászlóné VIDA

1940

Andrea VIDA

1974

Kodela Viktor

Budapest

25/07/2024

12/06/2024

2,000

6293/24

19/02/2024

(21 applicants)

Dezsőné KISS

1951

Zsuzsanna ÁRONFFY-TAKÁCS

1981

Tibor BEKE

1949

Tünde FARKAS

1975

Marcell FÓTI

1969

Botond László GÓRÉ

1954

József GYÖRE

1944

Ilona Gizella KAZI

1969

József KOMÁROMI

1963

István LÁSZLÓ

1947

György LUBICS

1971

Károly István MÉSZÁROS

1944

János PAVLOVICS

1946

Csaba PÉNTEK

1974

Andrea PETHŐNÉ LUBICS

1970

Istvánné RABUSAI

1943

Győző RAJCSÁNYI

1970

Zsuzsanna Borbála RÉNYI

1948

András RÉTI

1946

József Géza SZAK

1958

Géza TAMÁS

1950

Incze Gergely

Budapest

25/07/2024

16/07/2024

2,300

6355/24

23/02/2024

Andrea RONKAINÉ NAGY

1964

Kodela Viktor

Budapest

21/06/2024

30/04/2024

2,000

6382/24

23/02/2024

Ferenc István KARDOS

1932

Kodela Viktor

Budapest

21/06/2024

30/04/2024

2,000

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