Hil Ivić and Others v. Serbia

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 51889/18 Marija HIL IVIĆ against Serbia and 24 other applications

(see appended table)

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

Faris Vehabović , President , Anja Seibert-Fohr, Anne Louise Bormann , 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 constitutional proceedings were communicated to the Serbian Government (“the Government”).

The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Serbia 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 Faris Vehabović 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/registration

Representative’s name and location

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] [2]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application (in euros) [3]

51889/18

12/10/2018

Marija HIL IVIĆ

1944

Ignjatović Dušan

Belgrade

08/02/2023

16/12/2022

1,500

250

54374/18

09/11/2018

Vanja ŽIŽIĆ

1948

Zlatić Vladan

Beograd

08/02/2023

27/03/2023

1,800

250

55342/19

11/10/2019

Ivan ĐORĐEVIĆ

1949

Ignjatović Miodrag

Babusnica

08/02/2023

02/02/2023

1,200

250

58336/19

30/10/2019

Zorica STANKOVIĆ

1962

08/02/2023

08/12/2022

3,000

33059/20

22/07/2020

Ratko STANIĆ

1950

Popović Srđa

Belgrade

08/02/2023

28/12/2022

1,200

250

44749/20

09/09/2020

Slaviša STOJANOVIĆ

1967

08/02/2023

23/12/2022

1,200

51238/20

11/11/2020

Toplica TUCAKOVIĆ

1941

Grubić Đurđija

Belgrade

08/02/2023

11/01/2023

2,400

250

3234/21

28/12/2020

Stanislava CEROVIĆ

1950

Stojanović Labud

Kraljevo

08/02/2023

10/02/2023

3,000

250

4489/21

11/01/2021

Srećko RADOJEVIĆ

1976

Janićijević Zoran

Novi Pazar

08/02/2023

19/11/2022

1,800

250

6170/21

31/12/2020

ALPIS PLUS DOO

2009

Kojić Radomir

Belgrade

08/02/2023

23/11/2022

1,500

250

7550/21

06/01/2021

Robert TEKAVC

1958

Đikanović Vladan

Belgrade

08/02/2023

16/01/2023

1,800

250

9677/21

05/02/2021

Radisav VLAŠKOVIĆ

1962

Pantić Snežana

Kragujevac

08/02/2023

01/12/2022

1,800

250

14322/21

05/03/2021

Snežana BEDNARIK

1953

Kovačević Gordana

Novi Sad

08/02/2023

27/03/2023

1,800

250

15724/21

16/03/2021

Miroslav MILUTINOVIĆ

1941

Milićev Jelena

Beogad

08/02/2023

07/03/2023

1,200

250

38674/21

11/07/2021

Jovan BESARIĆ

1943

08/02/2023

19/04/2023

1,200

40879/21

27/07/2021

(3 applicants)

Xheladin BYLYKBASHI

1958

Zenel BYLYKBASHI

1933

Jashar KUKAJ

1974

Pavlović Mihailo

Belgrade

08/02/2023

18/11/2022

1,200

250

56890/21

16/11/2021

Zenun BEHRAMI

1953

Pavlović Mihailo

Belgrade

08/02/2023

18/11/2022

3,600

250

58063/21

22/11/2021

Ljubinko STOJANOVIĆ

1950

Petrović Radomir

Kraljevo

08/02/2023

13/02/2023

1,800

250

11682/22

23/02/2022

Ninela RONDOVIĆ

1974

08/02/2023

28/02/2023

2,400

12723/22

28/02/2022

Radoš JABLANOVIĆ

1952

08/02/2023

10/02/2023

3,000

13734/22

08/03/2022

Radmila EGERIĆ

1954

Nedeljković Bunardžić Katarina

Belgrade

08/02/2023

01/03/2023

1,200

250

13744/22

09/03/2022

Dragana MARENOVIĆ

1951

Stojanović Labud

Kraljevo

08/02/2023

10/02/2023

3,600

250

15390/22

17/03/2022

Đorđe INĐIĆ

1953

Sladok Janko

Stara Pazova

08/02/2023

30/11/2022

3,000

250

20500/22

19/04/2022

Šefćet MEHMEDOVIĆ

1960

Pavlović Mihailo

Belgrade

08/02/2023

18/11/2022

1,200

250

31817/22

22/06/2022

Ankica LUKOVIĆ

1958

Arsić Milunka

Požega

08/02/2023

21/11/2022

3,600

250

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

[2] Less any amounts which may have already been paid in that regard at the domestic level.

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