Rácz and Others v. Hungary
Struck out of the list
Berörda konventionsartiklar
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 15821/25 Arnold RÁCZ against Hungary and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 12 March 2026 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 against Hungary lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) 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:
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.
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 2 April 2026.
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]
15821/25
05/05/2025
Arnold RÁCZ
1997
Kiss Dalma
Budapest
22/10/2025
22/01/2026
2,600
17112/25
29/05/2025
Jenő HORVÁTH
1999
Kiss Dalma
Budapest
22/01/2026
22/01/2026
2,400
18055/25
11/06/2025
Zoárd RITTERODESZ
1986
Palotai Dániel
Budapest
03/02/2026
21/10/2025
3,300
18136/25
29/05/2025
Fahrudin MILIOJEVIC
1979
Kiss Dalma
Budapest
20/11/2025
22/01/2026
3,300
18140/25
29/05/2025
Zsolt PEKÁR
1993
Kiss Dalma
Budapest
22/01/2026
22/01/2026
2,400
20640/25
13/06/2025
Gábor CSIPKÉS
1975
Kiss Dalma
Budapest
05/12/2025
22/01/2026
2,600
21698/25
03/07/2025
Krisztián SETÉT
1994
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
23/01/2026
04/11/2025
2,600
21903/25
08/07/2025
István TÓTH
1989
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
23/01/2026
01/12/2025
2,600
23870/25
28/07/2025
Tamás SZVITEK
1969
Kiss Dalma
Budapest
05/01/2026
22/01/2026
2,600
29108/25
12/09/2025
Marcell HAJDÚ
1999
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
15/01/2026
26/01/2026
3,900
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.