Kiprijanovski and Others v. North Macedonia

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 31861/23 Stojadin KIPRIJANOVSKI and Others against North Macedonia and 12 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 19 June 2025 as a Committee composed of:

Gediminas Sagatys , President , Stéphane Pisani, Juha Lavapuro , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, 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 is set out in the appended table.

The applicants were represented by Ms D. Chakarovska-Grozdanovska, a lawyer practising in Skopje.

The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Government of North Macedonia (“the Government”).

The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against North Macedonia 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 July 2025.

Viktoriya Maradudina Gediminas Sagatys 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

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for non ‑ pecuniary damage

per applicant

(in euros) [1]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application

(in euros) [2]

31861/23

09/08/2023

(3 applicants)

Stojadin KIPRIJANOVSKI

1953

Lena ALEKSOVSKA

1952

Emilija TRENDEVSKA

1962

02/05/2025

13/03/2025

750

90

32069/23

14/08/2023

(3 applicants)

Zhivko LAZEVSKI

1953

Levtera ILIEVSKA

1959

Slavica MISHIKJ

1960

02/05/2025

01/04/2025

750

90

32070/23

14/08/2023

(3 applicants)

Leposava VELICHKOVSKA

1965

Jagotka CVETKOVSKA

1950

Slobotka KOLEVSKA

1948

02/05/2025

13/03/2025

750

90

32553/23

15/08/2023

(3 applicants)

Silvana KRSTEVSKA

1972

Lidija BLAGUN

1964

Sunchica GJORGJIEVSKA

1956

02/05/2025

13/03/2025

750

90

32952/23

16/08/2023

(4 applicants)

Ljubinka STOILKOVA

1953

Rotka STOJKOVSKA

1951

Jadranka TRAJKOVSKA

1957

Zhivka ZLATANOVSKA

1958

02/05/2025

13/03/2025

750

120

33095/23

17/08/2023

(4 applicants)

Elisaveta JOVANOVSKA

1961

Natasha ILIEVSKA-SPASEVSKA

1967

Jagoda TRAJKOVSKA

1959

Stana TRAJKOVSKA

1947

02/05/2025

13/03/2025

750

120

40614/23

09/11/2023

(4 applicants)

Zorica SIMONOVSKA

1960

Joncho HRISTOVSKI

1966

Stojanka JORDANOVSKA

1960

Mirjana STOJANOVSKA

1964

02/05/2025

13/03/2025

750

120

40791/23

13/11/2023

(4 applicants)

Lepa ILIEVSKA

1961

Chedomir ORCHEVSKI

1954

Vesna PETKOVSKA

1961

Cveta VANCHEVSKA

1963

02/05/2025

13/03/2025

750

120

40828/23

10/11/2023

(3 applicants)

Gordica SARK

1957

Fata JAKUPI

1949

Letka VELKOVSKA

1965

02/05/2025

13/03/2025

750

90

40830/23

07/11/2023

(4 applicants)

Dobrica KUZMANOVSKA

1949

Momchilo KRSTEVSKI

1960

Elica STOJMANOVSKA

1959

Sonja TODOROVSKA

1970

02/05/2025

13/03/2025

750

120

40951/23

08/11/2023

(3 applicants)

Metodi KRSTEVSKI

1948

Svetlana ARSOVSKA

1961

Pena MLADENOVSKA

1952

02/05/2025

13/03/2025

750

90

41513/23

16/11/2023

(3 applicants)

Boge IVANOVSKI

1953

Mira ALIEVSKA

1955

Tomislav NIKOLOVSKI

1954

02/05/2025

13/03/2025

750

90

41514/23

14/11/2023

(3 applicants)

Sunchica BOJKOVSKA

1961

Zhivka JOVCHEVSKA

1947

Vasilka ZAFIROVSKA

1952

02/05/2025

13/03/2025

750

90

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

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