Pjević v. Serbia

THIRD SECTION

Application no. 34524/23 Aleksandar PJEVIĆ against Serbia

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 17 September 2026 as a Committee composed of:

Úna Ní Raifeartaigh , President , Canòlic Mingorance Cairat, Vasilka Sancin , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application against Serbia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 7 September 2023,

Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the application out of the list of cases, and the applicant’s reply to this declaration,

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 Timotijević, a lawyer practising in Belgrade.

The application concerns the applicant’s contact rights with his child, as well as a jurisdictional issue that arose in domestic proceedings concerning the regulation of these rights. The applicant’s complaints under Articles 6 and 8 of the Convention concerning his right of access to a court and his right to family life were communicated to the Serbian Government (“the Government”).

After unsuccessful friendly-settlement negotiations, the Government submitted a unilateral declaration with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. The Government acknowledged that the applicant’s rights in relation to the contact ‑ rights proceedings had been violated and offered to pay the applicant the amounts detailed in the appended table. They further invited the Court to strike the application out of the list of cases. 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 these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertook 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 case.

The applicant informed the Court that he agreed to the terms of the declaration.

THE LAW

Having regard to the applicant’s complaints under Articles 6 and 8 of the Convention as communicated to the Government, and to the unilateral declaration by which the Government accepted that the applicant’s rights in relation to the contact ‑ rights proceedings had been violated and undertook to pay him specified sums in respect of non ‑ pecuniary damage and costs and expenses, the Court considers that the case falls to be examined in the framework of a friendly settlement.

It therefore 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 the continued examination of the application.

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

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.

Done in English and notified in writing on 8 October 2026.

Viktoriya Maradudina Úna Ní Raifeartaigh Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Articles 6 and 8 of the Convention

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of applicant’s acceptance

Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage

per applicant

(in euros) [1]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application

(in euros) [2]

34524/23

07/09/2023

Aleksandar PJEVIĆ

1971

22/06/2026

16/07/2026

4,050

1,300

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

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