Császár v. Hungary

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 57955/22 Sándor CSÁSZÁR against Hungary

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 23 November 2023 as a Committee composed of:

Krzysztof Wojtyczek , President , Lətif Hüseynov, Ivana Jelić , judges ,

and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 30 November 2022,

Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.

The applicant was represented by Mr Z. Bene, a lawyer practising in Szeged.

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

THE LAW

Complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (excessive length of criminal proceedings)

In the present application, having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that for the reasons stated below, the respondent Government cannot be held liable for the protractedness of the proceedings.

In particular, the Court notes that the domestic courts appreciated the undue length of the proceedings and took it into account as an important mitigating factor when sentencing the applicant. In these circumstances, the Court is satisfied that any violation of the applicant’s rights was acknowledged by the domestic authorities and adequate redress was provided. The applicant can thus no longer claim to be a victim of a violation of his rights under Article 6, for the purposes of Article 34 of the Convention.

In view of the above, the Court finds that these complaints are manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Declares the application inadmissible.

Done in English and notified in writing on 14 December 2023.

Attila Teplán Krzysztof Wojtyczek Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention

(excessive length of criminal proceedings)

Application no.

Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Representative’s name and location

Start of proceedings

End of proceedings

Total length

Levels of jurisdiction

57955/22

30/11/2022

Sándor CSÁSZÁR

1971

Bene Zoltán

Szeged

12/09/2015

04/04/2023

7 year(s) and 6 month(s) and 24 day(s)

2 level(s) of jurisdiction