Pintér and Others v. Hungary

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 2110/26 Gábor Levente PINTÉR against Hungary and 9 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 1 October 2026 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 applications against Hungary lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) 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 the representatives is set out in the appended table.

The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.

The Court received friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants, agreed to waive any further claims against Hungary 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 22 October 2026.

Attila Teplán Stéphane Pisani Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention

(excessive length of criminal proceedings)

No.

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Representative’s name and location

Other complaints under well-established case-law

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant

(in euros) [1]

2110/26

08/01/2026

Gábor Levente PINTÉR

1995

Nagy Gábor

Budapest

17/08/2026

21/04/2026

2,300

5907/26

26/01/2026

Tamás BARANYAI

1986

Szabó Gábor

Göd

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings

26/08/2026

28/05/2026

2,600

6253/26

05/02/2026

György OLÁH

1965

Kiss Dániel Bálint

Budapest

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings

26/08/2026

30/04/2026

3,300

6347/26

29/01/2026

Norbert ERDÉLYI

1980

Kalló Péter

Budapest

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings

02/09/2026

29/05/2026

8,800

8321/26

07/02/2026

János BORS

1981

Szabó Gábor

Göd

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings

26/08/2026

03/07/2026

3,900

9372/26

25/02/2026

Dezső Csaba TÓTH-KRUPA

1971

Borsos Tamás

Budapest

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings

24/08/2026

27/05/2026

5,500

9374/26

25/02/2026

László PINTÉR

1976

Borsos Tamás

Budapest

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings

24/08/2026

27/05/2026

5,500

9677/26

25/02/2026

Miklós IVANKOVSZKI

1970

Borsos Tamás

Budapest

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings

25/08/2026

27/05/2026

5,500

11756/26

09/03/2026

Márk NAGY

1995

Kiss Dániel Bálint

Budapest

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings

02/09/2026

15/06/2026

3,300

18085/26

27/04/2026

Botond KATONA

1998

Gárdonyi Zsolt

Budapest

17/08/2026

18/08/2026

3,900

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