Serka and Others v. Slovakia

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 21211/25 Anton SERKA against Slovakia and 5 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 1 October 2026 as a Committee composed of:

Frédéric Krenc , President , Davor Derenčinović, Alain Chablais , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications against the Slovak Republic 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 is set out in the appended table.

The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Slovak 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 Slovakia 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 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.

Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc 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 (where relevant)

Representative’s name and location

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non ‑ pecuniary damage

per applicant/household

(in euros) [1]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application

(in euros) [2]

21211/25

04/07/2025

Anton SERKA

1961

Michal Mandzák

Bratislava

07/09/2026

08/06/2026

5,500

250

36333/25

12/11/2025

Tomáš HVIZDÁK

1978

Janíček Vladimír

Bratislava

21/05/2026

12/06/2026

2,300

250

36334/25

13/11/2025

Róbert KRIŽAN

1971

Urban Ondrej

Bratislava

07/09/2026

04/05/2026

1,700

250

4971/26

29/01/2026

Household

Michaela POLOMKOVÁ

1982

Filip BAUKO

2011

Urban Ondrej

Bratislava

07/09/2026

04/05/2026

2,400

250

8977/26

25/02/2026

CIRKEVNÝ ZBOR EVANJELICKEJ CIRKVI AUGSBURSKÉHO VYZNANIA NA SLOVENSKU BRATISLAVA

Janíček Vladimír

Bratislava

08/09/2026

19/08/2026

4,100

250

9339/26

26/02/2026

Margaréta HOLANOVÁ

1977

Urban Ondrej

Bratislava

07/09/2026

12/06/2026

3,700

250

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

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