SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 13953/24
András ROMÁN against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 13 March 2025 as a Committee composed of:
 Gediminas Sagatys, President,
 Stéphane Pisani,
 Juha Lavapuro, 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 3 April 2025.
 
 Attila Teplán Gediminas Sagatys
 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]
   13953/24
30/04/2024
András ROMÁN
1985
 
Kollarics Flóra
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
30/01/2025
05/11/2024
4,600
   16083/24
13/05/2024
Antal BERECZK
1977
 
Nagy Judit Szilvia
Budapest
 
31/01/2025
02/10/2024
3,300
   18660/24
17/06/2024
Zsolt GOMBOS
1994
 
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
31/01/2025
30/09/2024
3,900
   20884/24
10/07/2024
Attila RODEK
1965
 
 
 
 
29/01/2025
23/10/2024
3,900
   20885/24
10/07/2024
Zsanett RODEK-BÓNYAI
1980
 
 
 
 
29/01/2025
23/10/2024
3,900
   21060/24
19/07/2024
Lajos Attila TŐZSÉR
1969
 
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
30/01/2025
14/10/2024
5,200
   21173/24
22/07/2024
János Gergely BÓKAY
1982
 
Borsos Tamás
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
29/01/2025
11/10/2024
2,600
   21174/24
22/07/2024
András NÉMETH
1993
 
Bárándy Gergely Péter
Budapest
 
30/01/2025
05/11/2024
1,700
   22888/24
29/07/2024
Ernő OLÁH
1991
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
29/01/2025
02/12/2024
3,300
 22892/24
29/07/2024
Zsolt LEHEL
1993
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
29/01/2025
02/12/2024
3,300
 
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.