SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 31156/24
Sándor KÁLNAI against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 19 June 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 representative 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 10 July 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]
   31156/24
17/10/2024
Sándor KÁLNAI
1953
 
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
07/05/2025
06/02/2025
3,300
   31764/24
11/10/2024
Sándor FÜSTÖS
1981
 
Edőcs Viktor András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
12/05/2025
22/01/2025
2,400
   34758/24
15/11/2024
Zsolt PINTÉR
1968
 
Kovács Vince
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
10/04/2025
25/04/2025
6,500
   35635/24
15/11/2024
Zsolt Zoltán JÁMBOR
1967
 
Kovács Vince
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
10/04/2025
25/04/2025
6,500
   37502/24
04/12/2024
Zsolt BOKOR
1991
 
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
06/05/2025
17/03/2025
2,600
   37508/24
04/12/2024
István György SZILÁGYI
1984
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
13/05/2025
27/03/2025
2,600
   744/25
16/12/2024
Norbert KOVÁCS
1979
 
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
30/04/2025
04/04/2025
2,600
   1629/25
18/12/2024
József HORVÁTH
1975
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
30/04/2025
11/04/2025
2,900
   2351/25
23/12/2024
Róbert BÓDI
1994
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
22/04/2025
31/03/2025
5,500
 2357/25
23/12/2024
Barbara SOMOGYI
1995
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
22/04/2025
20/03/2025
3,300
 
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.