GALLAI AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY

  SECOND SECTION DECISION Application no. 1628/25 István GALLAI 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]    1628/25 18/12/2024 István GALLAI 1981   Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 16/07/2025 11/04/2025 2,400    2790/25 17/01/2025 Richárd VUKOVICS 1993   Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 04/08/2025 11/04/2025 3,300    3015/25 09/01/2025 Tibor BARTHA 1978   Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 24/07/2025 05/05/2025 1,800    3199/25 19/01/2025 Péter PINTÉR 1977   Nagy Gábor Budapest   22/07/2025 07/04/2025 2,700    7310/25 19/02/2025 Ferenc BINDICS 1974   Nagy Judit Szilvia Budapest   14/07/2025 19/05/2025 3,400    7319/25 20/02/2025 István ÁGOSTON 1958   Ádám Sándor Szeged   14/07/2025 30/07/2025 3,300    7661/25 27/02/2025 Krisztián HORVÁTH 1996   Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 14/07/2025 07/06/2025 3,900    7805/25 21/02/2025 György KOZÁK 1995   Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 28/07/2025 02/07/2025 2,400    9962/25 24/03/2025 András Tibor THURÓCZY 1969   Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 05/08/2025 02/07/2025 2,600  10942/25 26/03/2025 Zsuzsanna BALOGH 1975   Nagy Gábor Budapest   05/08/2025 02/07/2025 3,900   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.