Rémai and Others v. Hungary

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 12488/25 János RÉMAI and Others against Hungary

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 18 December 2025 as a Committee composed of:

Stéphane Pisani , President , Juha Lavapuro, Hugh Mercer , judges ,

and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 16 April 2025,

Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the application out of the list of 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 Mr P. Váczi, a lawyer practising in Győr.

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

THE LAW

After unsuccessful friendly-settlement negotiations, the Government informed the Court that they proposed to make unilateral declaration with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the application in accordance with Article 37 of the Convention.

The Government acknowledged the excessive length of civil proceedings. They offered to pay the applicants the amounts detailed in the appended table and invited the Court to strike the application out of the list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. The amounts would be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and would be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay this amount within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on it, 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 payments will constitute the final resolution of the case.

The applicants were sent the terms of the Government’s unilateral declaration several weeks before the date of this decision. The Court has not received a response from the applicants accepting the terms of the declaration.

The Court observes that Article 37 § 1 (c) enables it to strike a case out of its list if:

“... for any other reason established by the Court, it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application”.

Thus, it may strike out applications under Article 37 § 1 (c) on the basis of a unilateral declaration by a respondent Government even if the applicants wish the examination of the case to be continued (see, in particular, the Tahsin Acar v. Turkey judgment (preliminary objections) [GC], no. 26307/95, §§ 75 ‑ 77, ECHR 2003-VI).

The Court has established clear and extensive case-law concerning complaints relating to the excessive length of civil proceedings (see, for example, Gazsó v. Hungary, no. 48322/12, 16 July 2015 and Csatári and Others v. Hungary [Committee], no. 18514/24, 20 May 2025).

Noting the admissions contained in the Government’s declaration as well as the amount of compensation proposed – which is consistent with the amounts awarded in similar cases – the Court considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application (Article 37 § 1 (c)).

In the light of the above considerations, the Court is satisfied that respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto does not require it to continue the examination of the application (Article 37 § 1 in fine ).

Finally, the Court emphasises that, should the Government fail to comply with the terms of their unilateral declaration, the application may be restored to the list in accordance with Article 37 § 2 of the Convention ( Josipović v. Serbia (dec.), no. 18369/07, 4 March 2008).

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Takes note of the terms of the respondent Government’s declaration and of the arrangements for ensuring compliance with the undertakings referred to therein;

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention.

Done in English and notified in writing on 22 January 2026.

Attila Teplán Stéphane Pisani Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention

(excessive length of civil proceedings)

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Representative’s name and location

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of applicant’s comments,

if any

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non ‑ pecuniary damage

and costs and expenses

per applicant

(in euros) [1]

12488/25

16/04/2025

(89 applicants)

János RÉMAI

1976

József BAKONYI

1947

Gyula BALOGH

1958

Máté BÁN

1976

Istvánné BATÁRI

1944

István BOGDÁN

1982

Istvánné BOGDÁN

1957

Istvánné BOKOR

1953

János BRATENGEIER

1966

Veronika BURUNCZ

1973

Flórián CIBI

1957

József CSÁSZÁR

1941

Eszter CSEHI

1976

László CSER

1958

Tibor CZAKÓ

1954

János CZICZLAVICZ

1966

Árpád DARAB

1950

Jánosné DUSNOKI

1940

Jánosné DUSNOKI

1961

Jánosné FARKAS

1953

Lászlóné FARKAS

1953

Lászlóné FEKETE

1952

Viktor FODOR

1983

Antal FÓRIZS

1972

Zsolt GARBACZ

1974

Gyuláné GÁSPÁR

1940

Éva Noémi GERZSENYI

1982

István Zsolt HAJNÁCZKI

1971

Józsefné HALÁSZ

1963

Attiláné HORVÁTH

1959

István HORVÁTH

1970

János HORVÁTH

1974

Anna Mária ILLÉS

1977

Lajos ILLÉS

1956

Mónika JÁGER

1972

Lajosné JAKAB

1958

Istvánné KÁNYAI

1939

Gáborné KISS

1965

Jánosné KISS

1939

Csaba KORONDI

1947

Imre KÖRÖSI

1961

Imréné KÖRÖSI

1966

Gábor KOVÁTS

1975

Istvánné LAJTOS

1945

Imréné LÉNÁRT

1959

László István LUKÁCS

1946

Lászlóné MAGYAR

1954

Katalin MAKAI

1953

József MIHÁLYI

1945

Ágnes MIKUSNÉ NÉMETH

1953

Miklósné MINYA

1944

Béla MOLNÁR

1963

Ferenc MOLNÁR

1950

Gyula MOLNÁR

1971

Tiborné MOLNÁR

1965

Ferenc NAGY

1964

János NAGY

1968

László NAGY

1954

Ferencné NAGYVÁTI

1951

Ferenc NÁSZ

1957

Csabáné NÉMETH D.

1957

Géza OLÁH

1964

István PÁLINKÁS

1966

Istvánné PAPP

1965

János PAPP

1955

Mártonné PAPP

1949

Lászlóné PERL

1941

László PETŐ

1959

Ervin PUSKÁS

1979

Jánosné RÁCZ

1952

Kornélia RAUF

1980

András REKENYE

1951

Sándorné SÁRKÁNY

1947

Gyula SCHILLER

1954

Jánosné SCHULTEISZ

1955

József Ferenc SITARSZKI

1959

Mihály SZABÓ

1950

Mihályné SZABÓ

1972

Anita SZAUTNER

1973

Miklósné SZÉLES

1958

Yves Tibor SZILÁGYI

1970

László SZLOBODA

1961

Józsefné SZOMBAT

1956

Anna TAKÁCS

1944

Attiláné TELEK

1964

Éva Jozefin TELEKINÉ RENDES

1965

Attila VARGA

1978

Kálmánné VERCZ

1958

Zoltán János VINCZE

1964

Váczi Péter

Győr

03/11/2025

17/11/2025

200

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