RÁCZ AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY

  SECOND SECTION DECISION Application no. 12257/25 István RÁCZ against Hungary and 9 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 4 December 2025 as a Committee composed of:  Stéphane Pisani, President,  Juha Lavapuro,  Hugh Mercer, 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 8 January 2026.  {signature_p_1} {signature_p_2}  Attila Teplán Stéphane Pisani  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]    12257/25 10/04/2025 István RÁCZ 1954   Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 12/11/2025 27/06/2025 1,800    12946/25 15/04/2025 Gábor CSUKA 1969   Gárdonyi Zsolt Budapest   12/11/2025 01/07/2025 5,500    14707/25 30/04/2025 Zsolt BÁLINT 1979   Varga Nóra Erzsébet Budapest   12/11/2025 01/10/2025 5,700    15085/25 25/04/2025 Adrienn HERNÁDI 1980   Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 05/11/2025 26/09/2025 6,800    16064/25 21/05/2025 György KÖKÉNY 1996   Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 06/11/2025 26/09/2025 2,000    16065/25 21/05/2025 Sándor TÓTH 1984   Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 06/11/2025 18/09/2025 2,000    16647/25 23/05/2025 Zsolt KOLOMPÁR 1984   Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 11/11/2025 29/09/2025 6,800    16712/25 19/05/2025 Zsófia IVÁNYI-LÉSZKÓ 1990   Varga Nóra Erzsébet Budapest   11/11/2025 01/10/2025 2,600    16968/25 27/05/2025 Denis BÁLINT 1995   Paulusz Bogáta Budapest   12/11/2025 15/09/2025 2,600  17113/25 21/05/2025 Ferenc FÜRY 1982   Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 11/11/2025 29/09/2025 6,800   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.