SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 12942/25
Imrich JÓNI against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 18 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 22 January 2026.
 
 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]
   12942/25
14/04/2025
Imrich JÓNI
1982
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
17/11/2025
01/07/2025
2,000
   14114/25
29/04/2025
Ildikó MÁTÉ
1994
 
Kiss Dalma
Budapest
 
13/11/2025
28/10/2025
4,600
   14380/25
30/04/2025
Szilárd ZAJÁROS
1972
 
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
26/11/2025
11/08/2025
5,200
   17446/25
05/06/2025
Alex MILÁK
1998
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
20/11/2025
15/10/2025
3,300
   18191/25
02/06/2025
József VIDÁK
1969
 
Háromszéki Bence
Győr
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
12/11/2025
25/09/2025
6,800
   18857/25
02/06/2025
Ferenc RAFAEL
1995
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
 
12/11/2025
21/10/2025
2,600
   19394/25
17/06/2025
Péter TAKÁCS
1972
 
Enzsöl Péter
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
20/11/2025
17/11/2025
3,900
   19984/25
27/06/2025
Ferenc LAKATOS
1978
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
03/11/2025
18/11/2025
2,000
   20632/25
16/06/2025
Anna HORVÁTH
1947
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
20/11/2025
14/10/2025
2,000
 20636/25
14/06/2025
Attila DÁNYI
1993
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
14/11/2025
15/10/2025
2,600
 
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.