BARBALIĆ AND OTHERS v. SERBIA

  THIRD SECTION DECISION Application no. 60547/19 Ivan BARBALIĆ against Serbia and 9 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 6 November 2025 as a Committee composed of:  Diana Kovatcheva, President,  Canòlic Mingorance Cairat,  Vasilka Sancin, 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 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 Serbian 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 the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Serbia 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 27 November 2025.    Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Kovatcheva  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 Other complaints under well-established case-law   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] [2] Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application (in euros)[3]    60547/19 09/11/2019 Ivan BARBALIĆ 1949   Vasić Milena Belgrade Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings - effectiveness of the constitutional appeal in this particular case in view of the length of the proceedings before the Constitutional Court 01/07/2025 01/07/2025 4,800 250    32975/20 13/07/2020 Darko VUJIĆ 1981   Petković Milan Belgrade   01/07/2025 15/06/2025 600 250    44613/20 03/09/2020 Slaviša LJUBIĆ 1963   Lekić Vrzić Branka Aranđelovac   01/07/2025 12/06/2025 1,500 250    6926/21 20/01/2021 Marija PETROVIĆ 1977   Petković Milan Belgrade   01/07/2025 15/06/2025 600 250    15269/21 09/03/2021 Josip BONUS 1977   Jasika Nikola Inđija   01/07/2025 27/03/2025 4,200 250    30678/21 09/06/2021 Dejan MILOJEVIĆ 1967   Rajković Miodrag Belgrade   01/07/2025 17/06/2025 3,000 250    39145/22 14/07/2022 Alija DŽAFER 1962   Stamenić Goran Čačak   01/07/2025 19/03/2025 1,500 250    7655/23 03/02/2023 Zoran BANJAC 1966   Mihailović Vesna Beograd   01/07/2025 16/04/2025 5,500 250    21358/23 22/05/2023 Gordana JOKIĆ 1966         01/07/2025 05/05/2025 1,800    15466/24 16/05/2024 Stanka BOJIĆ 1965   Filipović Stanoje Loznica   01/07/2025 31/03/2025 4,200 250   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants. [2] Less any amounts which may have already been paid in that regard at the domestic level. [3] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.