Papp and Others v. Hungary
Struck out of the list
Berörda konventionsartiklar
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 14271/24 István PAPP against Hungary and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 27 February 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Gediminas Sagatys , President , Stéphane Pisani, Juha Lavapuro , 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 20 March 2025.
Attila Teplán Gediminas Sagatys 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]
14271/24
10/05/2024
István PAPP
1953
Soós Ádám
Budapest
14/01/2025
22/10/2024
3,600
15005/24
13/05/2024
Attila OLÁH
1986
Fahidi Gergely
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
14/01/2025
18/09/2024
3,600
17337/24
22/05/2024
Sándor BENKŐ
1960
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
10/01/2025
18/10/2024
5,500
18083/24
12/06/2024
Róbert SZOLLÁR
1971
Frank Evelyn
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
13/01/2025
18/11/2024
2,000
18308/24
19/06/2024
József RÁCZ
1997
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
13/01/2025
07/10/2024
2,600
19089/24
26/06/2024
Krisztián SERES
1985
N. Tóth Máté
Budapest
14/01/2025
20/10/2024
2,600
21361/24
24/07/2024
Martin HORVÁTH
1992
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
10/01/2025
10/01/2025
2,000
24811/24
22/08/2024
László KRASNYÁNSZKI
1989
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
13/01/2025
15/11/2024
4,800
24812/24
22/08/2024
Attila SZALAI
1990
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
13/01/2025
15/11/2024
4,100
24914/24
09/08/2024
Balázs KORITÁR
1981
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
13/01/2025
18/11/2024
2,600
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.