Neukum and Others v. Hungary

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 29058/24 Zsolt NEUKUM against Hungary and 3 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 16 October 2025 as a Committee composed of:

Stéphane Pisani , President , Juha Lavapuro, Hugh Mercer , 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 13 November 2025.

Attila Teplán Stéphane Pisani 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]

29058/24

21/09/2024

Zsolt NEUKUM

1989

Fahidi Gergely

Budapest

27/06/2025

20/03/2025

4,000

2355/25

23/12/2024

Lajos CSIGE

1968

Szabó Gábor

Göd

Art. 6 (1) - excessive length of criminal proceedings

14/07/2025

20/05/2025

4,600

3125/25

13/01/2025

Péter DUBAY

1992

Kiss Dominika Szilvia

Budapest

23/09/2025

22/05/2025

4,700

4739/25

06/02/2025

Zsigmond GUBA

1990

Kiss Dániel Bálint

Budapest

Art. 5 (4) - deficiencies in proceedings for review of the lawfulness of detention - No review of his detention between 19/03/2024 and 10/12/2024.

01/07/2025

03/07/2025

5,900

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