SCHULTZ AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY

  SECOND SECTION DECISION Application no. 2370/24 Balázs SCHULTZ against Hungary and 9 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 5 December 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 16 January 2025.    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]    2370/24 16/01/2024 Balázs SCHULTZ 1982   Kondorosi Krisztián Budapest   13/11/2024 16/04/2024 2,300    9557/24 22/03/2024 Gusztáv RAFAEL 1983   Frank Evelyn Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 07/11/2024 02/08/2024 3,300    11725/24 10/04/2024 Imre Zoltán NÁRAI 1983   Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 04/11/2024 25/07/2024 3,300    12306/24 18/04/2024 István DÁVID 1985   Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 07/11/2024 26/08/2024 2,600    13959/24 03/05/2024 Krisztián SZALAI 1984   Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 07/11/2024 02/08/2024 3,300    14950/24 25/04/2024 Ferenc BANDOR 1971   Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 07/11/2024 31/07/2024 2,600    15637/24 27/05/2024 Mónika ROSTÁS 1973   Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 13/11/2024 12/11/2024 2,600    16068/24 21/05/2024 Péter CZAKÓ 1982   Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 04/11/2024 16/10/2024 2,600    18080/24 13/06/2024 Ferenc LAKATOS 1994   Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 07/11/2024 30/09/2024 2,700  22901/24 29/07/2024 Sándor BUDAI 1989   Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 13/11/2024 04/11/2024 2,300   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.