Ilijevska and Others v. North Macedonia

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 55173/20 Cveta ILIJEVSKA and Others against North Macedonia and 5 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 9 November 2023 as a Committee composed of:

Frédéric Krenc , President , Diana Sârcu, Davor Derenčinović , 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 is set out in the appended table.

The applicants were represented by Ms. Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska, a lawyer practising in Skopje.

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

The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against North Macedonia 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 30 November 2023.

Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc 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

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage

per applicant

(in euros) [1]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application

(in euros) [2]

55173/20

30/11/2020

(24 applicants)

Cveta ILIJEVSKA

1969

Sunchica ACEVSKA

1962

Nada ALEKSOVSKA

1951

Ilmi ALIM

1948

Mite BOGDANOVSKI

1964

Zlatka BOZHINOSKA

1961

Desanka BOZHINOVSKA

1959

Mira ILIKJ

1959

Jordanka JAKIMOVSKA

1966

Stojanka KANZUROVA

1964

Milan PIGULOVIKJ

1953

Verica RUSEVA

1963

Slavica STOJANOVSKA

1960

Zagorka STOJMENOVIKJ

1957

Besim SULJOVIC

1967

Ubavka TASEVSKA

1962

Stefanka TOFILOVSKA

1960

Dara TRAJANOVSKA

1952

Liljana TRAJKOSKA

1958

Roza TRAJKOVSKA

1962

Ilija TRAJKOVSKI

1950

Nada VELICHKOVA

1952

Zorica VELKOVSKA

1960

Mara ZADOJA

1963

18/05/2023

11/03/2023

700

250

15175/21

08/03/2021

(4 applicants)

Dragoslav TRAJKOVSKI

1967

Vecko JOLEVSKI

1953

Menka TEMELKOVSKA

1967

Goce TRAJCHEVSKI

1962

18/05/2023

11/03/2023

700

250

15179/21

01/03/2021

(7 applicants)

Nada ANGELOVSKA

1962

Adem ALILI

1952

Cveta ARANGJELOVSKA

1960

Adnan BEKIR

1954

Cane JAKIMOVSKI

1952

Deceased in 2022

Stanko JOVANOVSKI

1951

Stanka KAZANDJIEVA

1949

18/05/2023

11/03/2023

700

250

57283/21

09/11/2021

(3 applicants)

Zlate MIHAILOV

1946

Shpetime AJDAR

1950

Pero DIMISHKOVSKI

1959

18/05/2023

11/03/2023

800

250

58675/21

26/11/2021

Nermina REDJOVIKJ

1963

18/05/2023

11/03/2023

800

250

49857/22

17/10/2022

(3 applicants)

Jovanche MITKOVSKI

1962

Zdrave NEDELCHEV

1964

Suzana SLZDANOSKA

1964

18/05/2023

11/03/2023

900

250

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

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