Kovács and Others v. Hungary
Struck out of the list
Berörda konventionsartiklar
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 5976/25 László KOVÁCS against Hungary and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 20 November 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 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 11 December 2025.
Attila Teplán Stéphane Pisani 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]
5976/25
10/02/2025
László KOVÁCS
1990
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
13/06/2025
16/05/2025
1,400
6662/25
20/02/2025
Nikolett PAPP
1991
Debreczi Géza
Budapest
14/07/2025
26/09/2025
5,500
7655/25
10/01/2025
Béla JÓNÁS
1957
Takács Gergely Tihamér
Budapest
07/08/2025
14/10/2025
4,800
7806/25
24/02/2025
Pavol HORVATH
1966
N. Tóth Máté
Budapest
05/08/2025
18/09/2025
2,600
7901/25
05/03/2025
József Tamás VAKULYA
1979
Frank Evelyn
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
23/09/2025
02/06/2025
2,700
9086/25
13/03/2025
Csaba HRECSKA
1965
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
24/09/2025
29/05/2025
2,000
9087/25
13/03/2025
Patrik VILLAND
1995
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
23/09/2025
02/07/2025
2,600
9388/25
07/03/2025
István HERCZEG
1964
István HERCZEG
1986
Tóth Attila Tas
Budapest
24/09/2025
02/06/2025
4,600
9550/25
20/03/2025
Annamária PÁSZTORNÉ PETES
1977
Hatlaczki Gyula
Nagykáta
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
23/09/2025
28/05/2025
2,400
11049/25
02/04/2025
Judit RÁCZ
1952
Fazekas Tamás
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
03/09/2025
15/10/2025
6,400
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.