SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 9209/24
János RÁCZ against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 21 November 2024 as a Committee composed of:
 Davor Derenčinović, President,
 Gediminas Sagatys,
 Stéphane Pisani, judges,
and Attila Teplán, 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 and their 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 12 December 2024.
 
 Attila Teplán Davor Derenčinović
 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]
   9209/24
20/03/2024
János RÁCZ
1977
 
Kiss Dalma
Budapest
 
12/09/2024
28/10/2024
2,600
   10692/24
19/03/2024
Zsigmond DUKA
1986
 
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
25/10/2024
25/07/2024
2,600
   10880/24
19/03/2024
János GIDAI
1965
 
Nagy Gábor
Budapest
 
25/10/2024
24/07/2024
2,000
   11673/24
04/04/2024
Roland GLONCZI
1996
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
25/10/2024
23/07/2024
6,500
   11751/24
13/04/2024
Csaba ROSTÁS
1988
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
25/10/2024
23/07/2024
2,600
   12109/24
17/04/2024
Bernard EL-CHAMI
1976
 
Gárdonyi Zsolt
Budapest
 
25/10/2024
27/08/2024
1,600
   14665/24
13/05/2024
Stelian SERBAN
1972
 
Paulusz Bogáta
Budapest
 
25/10/2024
16/09/2024
3,400
   14759/24
26/04/2024
József HULLÁR
1978
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
28/10/2024
11/08/2024
2,600
   15748/24
15/05/2024
Zsolt Tamás BALOG
1993
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
25/10/2024
27/09/2024
3,900
 18574/24
27/06/2024
Zoltán RUPA
1967
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
25/10/2024
21/10/2024
2,000
 
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.