Varga and Others v. Hungary
Struck out of the list
Berörda konventionsartiklar
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 3382/20 István VARGA against Hungary and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 18 February 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Alena Poláčková, President, Péter Paczolay, Gilberto Felici, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, 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 the 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 March 2021.
Viktoriya Maradudina Alena Poláčková 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/ registration
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]
3382/20
18/12/2019
István VARGA
1977
Bene Zoltán
Szeged
17/12/2020
14/05/2020
5,200
22017/20
12/05/2020
Hoan NGUYEN QUOC
1973
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
26/01/2021
19/10/2020
2,600
25069/20
12/06/2020
VASS CONSULTING KFT
2002
23/11/2020
18/01/2021
5,200
31518/20
15/07/2020
Lajos Károly BUDAI
1976
Visontai Csongor
Budapest
11/01/2021
30/09/2020
9,100
32602/20
22/07/2020
György ILLÉS
1978
Jován László
Budapest
23/11/2020
11/01/2021
6,500
35983/20
10/08/2020
Tímea PÁSZTOR
1989
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
11/01/2021
21/10/2020
2,000
36579/20
12/08/2020
László LAKATOS
1970
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
15/12/2020
28/09/2020
2,600
37671/20
13/08/2020
László LAKATOS
1970
Kiss Dominika Szilvia
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
18/11/2020
02/11/2020
3,900
39302/20
27/08/2020
Zsolt VASZI
1974
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
16/12/2020
21/10/2020
2,600
41995/20
11/09/2020
József MINYÁK
1971
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
11/01/2021
21/10/2020
2,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.