Velkovska and Others v. North Macedonia

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 10826/22 Zorica VELKOVSKA and Others against North Macedonia and 12 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 23 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’ complaints 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 14 December 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]

10826/22

14/02/2022

(12 applicants)

Zorica VELKOVSKA

1969

Canka CHOLAKOVA- ‑ MICHOVSKA

1952

Toni EFREMOV

1968

Stojanche JANEVSKI

1950

Dejan JANKOVSKI

1974

Zoritsa MAKARCHUK

1961

Slavica MANASIEVSKA

1958

Jagoda NIKOLOVSKA

1958

Spasena PAVLOVA

1942

Snejana SAPUNOVA- ‑ MARKOVSKA

1947

Karolina SENKOVA

1970

Cvetanka STAMENKOVSKA

1949

21/07/2023

14/06/2023

300

250

20014/22

12/04/2022

(14 applicants)

Stana TRAJKOVSKA

1957

Fadil ADEMI

1954

Hrisula APOSTOLSKA

1958

Goce BOSHKOVSKI

1970

Ljubica BREZOSKA

1949

Tomislav CONEV

1958

Goce IVANOSKI

1964

Mircho JOVANOVSKI

1959

Hajrush LJESKOVICA

1963

Mirko MAKSIMOSKI

1953

Stojancha MIHAILOV

1941

Muhamet MUSTAFOV

1962

Vera STOJANOVSKA

1954

Zharko STOJOSKI

1965

21/07/2023

14/06/2023

300

250

3.

20925/22

20/04/2022

(11 applicants)

Vlado STOJANOVSKI

1959

Ivan ACKOVSKI

1960

Gjulistan ARIF

1955

Lile CVETKOVSKA

1959

Vladimir DAMEVSKI

1952

Emil KOCHAROV

1973

Djezmi MUAREMOV

1960

Jovche STANOEV

1966

Isuf TOCHI

1953

Slobodan TRAJKOVSKI

1956

21/07/2023

14/06/2023

300

250

Kiro NAKOV

1954

200

4.

22699/22

29/04/2022

(11 applicants)

Ice POPOSKI

1960

Ljuba ARSOVSKA

1955

Krste ARSOVSKI

1953

Slavica BOSHKOVA

1973

Milan BOSHKOVSKI

1952

Radovan GJORGJIEVSKI

1968

Pajazit ILJAZ

1949

Kjemail KADRIEVSKI

1958

Fadil KASAMI

1959

Goran MARKOSKI

1972

Olivera SARZHOSKA

1971

21/07/2023

14/06/2023

300

250

5.

23247/22

04/05/2022

(8 applicants)

Kata NIKOLOVSKA

1956

Milica DAVITKOVSKA

1950

Katerina NIKOLOVSKA

1957

Olivera PETRUSHEVSKA

1968

Aco PETRUSHEVSKI

1966

Elida PUTEVSKA

1955

Dimitar SHISHKOV

1942

Ilija STOJANOV

1948

21/07/2023

14/06/2023

300

250

6.

26852/22

25/05/2022

(25 applicants)

Blagoja STOJANOVSKI

1958

Halim BEKIR

1963

Panche BLAZHEVSKI

1954

Zoran BOGATINOVSKI

1965

Blagoj DIMITRIJEVSKI

1955

Vera GJORGOVSKA

1962

Risto KAMCHEV

1962

Ivanka KITANOSKA

1954

Lozanka KOSTOVSKA

1960

Vesa KUZMANOVSKA

1961

Borka MIRCHEVSKA

1953

Ivanka MITREVSKA

1948

Shaban MURATI

1954

Snezhana NIKOLOVSKA

1957

Temelko PEROVSKI

1943

Ajdin SHAKIR

1955

Tome SHKOBALJ

1956

Blagojche SHOPOSKI

1966

Ramize SINAN

1960

Ljupco STANCHEVSKI

1956

Boshko STOJANOVSKI

1952

Tomislav TANEVSKI

1955

Vesna TASEVSKA

1962

Kiro TOMIKJ

1966

Gordana VUCHKOVSKA

1965

21/07/2023

14/06/2023

300

250

7.

27733/22

26/05/2022

(24 applicants)

Vlatko MISHEV

1965

Chedomir ARSOSKI

1965

Zhivko BOGDANOVSKI

1962

Sasho BOGOEVSKI

1964

Efka CHURLINOVA DOBRIJEVIKJ

1968

Sadik EMINI

1961

Aneta GJOZEVA

1973

Milan ILIJEVIKJ

1966

Ljubica IVANOVSKA

1955

Sasho IVANOVSKI

1976

Sali JAHI

1967

Zekjirja JAHJA

1967

Misho JORDANOVSKI

1975

Sonja JOVANOVSKA

1967

Zoran KALIMANOVSKI

1968

Gordana KUZMANOVSKA

1960

Bogoljub MILOSHESKI

1956

Orce NAUMOVSKI

1969

Ljupche PETROVSKI

1959

Djemo RAMADANI

1967

Mladen STOJANOVSKI

1964

Trajan STOJANOVSKI

1952

Gjorgji TOSEV

1958

Vane ТАNEVSKI

1972

21/07/2023

14/06/2023

300

250

8.

28271/22

27/05/2022

(24 applicants)

Kamka DULEVSKA

1955

Shefket ALIJA

1950

Trajan ARSOVSKI

1949

Branislava AVRAMOVSKA

1953

Slobodan BLAZHEVSKI

1944

Branko CIMBIROVSKI

1958

Zlatko CIMBIROVSKI

1963

Dragi DJANGAROVSKI

1957

Valentina GJORGIEVSKA

1969

Jane JANAKIEVSKI

1969

Iso JURUKOVSKI

1956

Ilija KOLAROVSKI

1948

Zhivka MAZHOVSKA

1957

Goce MILEVSKI

1969

Maja MIRKOVA

1977

Zhivko NESHKOVIKJ

1956

Emin SALI

1966

Imer SALI

1964

Dragan SILJANOVSKI

1971

Marjan SPASOVSKI

1966

Ruzhica SPIREVSKA

1954

Krstana STANISHEVA

1949

Dejan TRAJANOVSKI

1980

Dejan ZAFIROVSKI

1974

21/07/2023

14/06/2023

300

250

9.

31834/22

12/06/2022

(6 applicants)

Vesa SANEVA

1951

Blagorodna DIMITROVA

1946

Sonja PESHEVA

1963

Pavle TODEV

1958

Rosa ZLATEVSKA

1963

21/07/2023

14/06/2023

200

250

Vesna NESHOVSKA

1961

300

10.

32405/22

24/06/2022

(7 applicants)

Zoran DIMOVSKI

1968

Vasilka CVETANOVSKA

1964

Lepa NAJDOVSKA

1955

Bozidar PANCHEVSKI

1953

Violetka SHISHKOVA

1949

Mara VANGELOVA

1961

21/07/2023

14/06/2023

300

250

Todor JOVANOV

1953

200

11.

32831/22

28/06/2022

Ibrima DALIPOVA

1954

21/07/2023

14/06/2023

1,700

250

12.

57895/22

07/12/2022

(3 applicants)

Ljube STOJANOVSKI

1957

Vesa KIRANDJIKJ

1966

Jasmina MARKOSKA

1960

21/07/2023

14/06/2023

300

250

13.

2338/23

20/12/2022

(7 applicants)

Slobodanka NAKEVSKA

1948

Cvetanka ARSOVSKA

1952

Stojanka BOGOEVA

1946

Panche CANDOV

1947

Gjore DIMCHEVSKI

1947

Makedonka GJORGJIEVA

1944

Vasilka ZDRAVKOVSKA

1947

21/07/2023

14/06/2023

300

250

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

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