Pisch and Others v. Hungary

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 24676/25 József PISCH against Hungary and 2 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 4 June 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 declarations submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases, and the applicants’ replies to these declarations,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.

The applicants were represented by Mr P. Váczi, a lawyer practising in Győr.

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

After unsuccessful friendly-settlement negotiations, the Government submitted declarations with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the applications.

The Government acknowledged the excessive length of civil proceedings. They offered to pay the applicants the amounts detailed in the appended table and invited the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. The amounts would be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and would 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 undertook 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 applicants informed the Court that they agreed to the terms of the declarations.

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 finds that, following the applicants’ express agreement to the terms of the declaration made by the Government, the cases should be treated as a friendly settlement between the parties.

It therefore 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 the 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 25 June 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 civil proceedings)

No.

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Representative’s name and location

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of applicant’s acceptance

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non ‑ pecuniary damage and costs and expenses

per applicant

(in euros) [1]

24676/25

04/08/2025

József PISCH

1957

Váczi Péter

Győr

14/04/2026

17/04/2026

200

24687/25

04/08/2025

(7 applicants)

Attila LŐRINCZ

1947

Sándorné BAKÓ

1960

József HARKÁLY

1952

Sándor NIKMOND

1957

Ferenc NOVASZEL

1952

Gyuláné SZABÓ

1954

Jánosné TÓTH

1944

Váczi Péter

Győr

14/04/2026

17/04/2026

200

25272/25

04/08/2025

(53 applicants)

Jánosné LÁNG

1962

Antalné BALOGH

1941

Imréné BARTUCZ

1950

Anikó Ilona BÖCKL

1945

József BÓDOG

1960

Mátyás CSÁKI

1957

Zsolt CSÁNYI

1989

Erika CSERTŐ

1958

Ferencné CSIKÁNY

1964

Árpád Ottó DÁBASI

1983

József DINÓK

1954

Julianna DINÓK

1982

Zoltánné DOMONKOS

1977

Anikó ESZTERGOMI

1970

Ferenc Lajosné ESZTERGOMI

1960

Renáta FAJKÁNÉ-BERENTE

1975

István FEKETE

1984

János FÖLDI

1954

Ferenc János GUBICZA

1958

István József GYÖNGE

1953

Jánosné GYURKOVICS

1948

János Antal HORVÁT

1949

Mónika JÁGER

1972

Otto JUHÁSZ

1972

György László KÁLMÁN

1964

István Ferenc KAPÁS

1953

János KENGYEL

1969

Ida KIRÁLY

1980

László KIRÁLY

1951

Dénesné KIS

1946

Gábor KISS

1959

László KÓKAI

1960

József KOTHENCZ

1957

Ferenc KOTLÁR

1974

Éva KOVÁCS

1959

Imre KRIZSÁK

1975

Árpád LASSU

1980

Lajos Tamás LIBOR

1948

Béláné MIKUS

1953

Sándor MIKUS

1962

István MILÓCZKI

1967

Istvánné MONDI

1956

Ildikó Lenke PALOTÁS

1960

Tímea PINCZÉS

1978

András RIKK

1973

Mihály Zoltán ROCSKÁR

1968

Imre SEREGÉLY

1973

Lajos SZÉCSÉNY

1971

Gábor TEMESVÁRY

1982

Sándor TEMESVÁRY

1953

Tamás VADNAY

1965

József VÁLIK

1945

György VÁLI-TÓTH

1958

Váczi Péter

Győr

17/04/2026

21/04/2026

200

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