GAJDOS AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY

 
 
 
FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 6536/17
Mihály GAJDOS against Hungary
and 8 other applications
(see appended table)
 
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 25 Avril 2019 as a Committee composed of:
Georges Ravarani, President,
Marko Bošnjak,
Péter Paczolay, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 application no. 2102/18, the applicant’s complaint based on the same facts was also communicated under Article 13 of the Convention.
The Court received friendly-settlement declarations 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 16 May 2019.
Liv TigerstedtGeorges Ravarani
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident


 
 
 
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
Date 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]   
6536/17
26/12/2016
Mihály Gajdos
08/07/1975
Galló-Győri Ildikó
Budapest
 
14/02/2019
16/10/2018
4,000   
2102/18
02/01/2018
Dávid Zoltán Negyela
24/06/1985
Mester Csaba
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings -
04/03/2019
02/10/2018
4,000   
9241/18
15/02/2018
Béla Torma
17/05/1963
Dudás Katalin
Budapest
 
04/03/2019
24/10/2018
3,000   
17710/18
27/03/2018
József Zoltán Csordás
09/07/1964
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
 
11/02/2019
13/12/2018
6,000   
35001/18
17/07/2018
Péter Hegedűs
14/06/1980
Szegedi Zsolt
Nyíregyháza
 
11/03/2019
09/01/2019
3,500   
42978/18
30/08/2018
Ákos Lázár
29/01/1973
 
Futaki Gézáné
Békéscsaba
 
12/03/2019
03/01/2019
3,500   
43492/18
05/09/2018
Zoltán Szórádi
12/03/1982
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
 
14/03/2019
07/02/2019
2,000   
51872/18
30/10/2018
Béla Janicsek
03/04/1968
Kadlót Erzsébet
Budapest
 
15/02/2019
26/02/2019
1,800   
53088/18
06/11/2018
Edit Piroska Nagy
03/03/1959
Futaki Gézáné
Békéscsaba
 
11/03/2019
18/12/2018
3,500
 
[1].  Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.

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