Stankovska and Others v. North Macedonia

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 11951/23 Vesna STANKOVSKA and Others against North Macedonia and 16 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 13 March 2025 as a Committee composed of:

Gediminas Sagatys , President , Stéphane Pisani, Juha Lavapuro , 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 Mrs D. 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 3 April 2025.

Viktoriya Maradudina Gediminas Sagatys 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 applicants’ declaration

Amount awarded for non ‑ pecuniary damage

per applicant

(in euros) [1]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses

per application

(in euros) [2]

11951/23

07/03/2023

(5 applicants)

Vesna STANKOVSKA

1964

Suzana DENKOVIKJ

1963

Desanka JOVANOVSKA

1957

Ljubisha KUZMANOVSKI

1970

Violeta SAVREVSKA

1971

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

150

12000/23

07/03/2023

Stojanka JAKJIMOVIKJ

1963

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

30

29339/23

19/07/2023

(3 applicants)

Slavica PETKOVSKA

1958

Magda SERAFIMOVIKJ

1958

Mica STOJANOVSKA

1948

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

90

29545/23

18/07/2023

(3 applicants)

Radica STAMENKOVSKA

1956

Nedjati MURTEZI

1959

Svetlanka TRAJKOVSKA

1959

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

90

29558/23

18/07/2023

(3 applicants)

Zorica PAVLOVSKA

1968

Sunchica GJORGIEVSKA

1953

Desanka SMILJKOVIKJ

1964

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

90

30283/23

24/07/2023

(4 applicants)

Gordana NASKOVSKA

1960

Blage BOSHKOVSKI

1964

Olgica SPASOVSKA

1957

Momchilo SPASOVSKI

1952

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

120

30308/23

20/07/2023

(3 applicants)

Zhivka SPASOVSKA

1954

Verica NIKOLIKJ

1956

Chedomir STOJKOVSKI

1955

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

90

30340/23

21/07/2023

(3 applicants)

Momchil SPASOVSKI

1960

Ljubica GJORGJIEVSKA

1959

Dragan TASEVSKI

1954

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

90

30529/23

25/07/2023

(4 applicants)

Matilda NIKOLOVSKA

1959

Predrag GIEVSKI

1958

Slagjana PETRUSHEVSKA

1966

Ljiljana STEFANOVSKA

1967

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

120

30914/23

27/07/2023

(3 applicants)

Zhivka ALEKSOVSKA

1955

Svetlanka KRSTEVSKA

1959

Mirjanka NIKOLOVSKA

1954

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

90

30946/23

26/07/2023

(4 applicants)

Ivica BLAGOJEVIKJ

1955

Slavica MLADENOVSKA

1956

Gordana POPOVIKJ

1954

Slavica SPASIKJ

1950

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

120

31320/23

01/08/2023

(4 applicants)

Slunka DENKOVSKA

1964

Svetlana PETRUSHEVSKA

1956

Svetozar RISTIKJ

1971

Mirjana STOJMANOVSKA

1951

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

120

31326/23

28/07/2023

(4 applicants)

Suzana MITEVSKA

1967

Nada PETRUSHEVSKA

1958

Zorica PETRUSHEVSKA

1953

Svetlanka STOSHEVSKA

1965

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

120

31506/23

04/08/2023

(3 applicants)

Violetka JORDANOVSKA

1954

Javorka JAKIMOVSKA

1954

Vinka JOVANOVSKA-STOJMANOVSKA

1963

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

90

31548/23

08/08/2023

(4 applicants)

Jovica ALEKSOVSKI

1964

Olivera ALEKSOVSKA

1970

Hristina JAKIMOVSKA

1949

Olivera PROKIKJ

1966

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

120

31553/23

07/08/2023

(3 applicants)

Dragica DIMITRIEVSKA

1954

Jagoda KOSTADINOVSKA

1955

Slave MILENKOVSKI

1953

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

90

31860/23

10/08/2023

(3 applicants)

Gordica STOILKOVSKA

1962

Marjonka MAKSIMOVSKA

1957

Zhanka STOKIKJ

1951

11/02/2025

27/11/2024

750

90

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

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