SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 725/25
László KABELÁCS against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 18 September 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 9 October 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]
   725/25
18/12/2024
László KABELÁCS
1962
 
Paulusz Bogáta
Budapest
 
09/07/2025
19/03/2025
5,500
   1194/25
03/01/2025
Csaba VIDÁK
1983
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
01/07/2025
13/05/2025
6,800
   1562/25
12/12/2024
László Attila IMRE
1983
 
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
11/07/2025
04/04/2025
2,600
   1911/25
08/01/2025
Éva OLÁH
1971
 
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
01/07/2025
07/05/2025
1,400
   2352/25
23/12/2024
Zoltán BALOG
1982
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
10/06/2025
10/07/2025
2,000
   3042/25
21/01/2025
Péter Richárd ÖTVÖS
1993
 
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
01/07/2025
21/05/2025
2,600
   4022/25
28/01/2025
Ferenc Zoltán JÓZSA
1977
 
Cseterics Krisztián
Budapest
 
19/06/2025
05/06/2025
4,800
   4236/25
28/01/2025
Gyula Csaba BALOGH
1989
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
19/06/2025
07/05/2025
3,900
   4738/25
06/02/2025
Zoltán BÓDI
1994
 
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
24/06/2025
19/05/2025
3,300
 5280/25
12/02/2025
Gergő Péter LÁZÁR
1988
 
Fahidi Gergely
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
01/07/2025
06/05/2025
3,300
 
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.