A.B. AND OTHERS v. SLOVAKIA

  FIRST SECTION DECISION Application no. 34349/24 A.B. against Slovakia and 5 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 2 October 2025 as a Committee composed of:  Frédéric Krenc, President,  Davor Derenčinović,  Alain Chablais, judges, and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table, Having regard to the decision not to disclose the name of one of the applicants as specified 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 is set out in the appended table. The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Slovak Government (“the Government”). The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Slovakia 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 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 23 October 2025.    Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc  Acting Deputy Registrar President   APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (excessive length of civil proceedings) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth Representative’s name and location Date of receipt of Government’s declaration Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration Amount awarded for non‑pecuniary damage per applicant (in euros)[1] Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application (in euros)[2]    34349/24 14/11/2024   A. B. 1971   Neuschlová Zuzana Bratislava 16/07/2025 23/07/2025 4,600 250    35017/24 18/11/2024 Ján MAJSNIAR 1965   Bucha Štefan Žilina 14/07/2025 24/07/2025 6,000 250    35729/24 25/11/2024 Róbert KRIŽAN 1971   Fačkovcová Gabriela Miloslavov-Alžbetin Dvor 16/07/2025 08/04/2025 5,400 250    36689/24 02/12/2024 Milan MALÍK 1944   Hodoňová Sabína Žilina 06/08/2025 12/06/2025 2,600 250    37301/24 29/11/2024 Pavol BANYKÓ 1957       14/07/2025 26/05/2025 5,500 -    467/25 17/12/2024 Emília VOZÁROVÁ 1963   Fačkovcová Gabriela Miloslavov-Alžbetin Dvor 14/07/2025 08/04/2025 2,400 250   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants. [2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.