KISS AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY

  SECOND SECTION DECISION Application no. 13882/25 Csaba KISS against Hungary and 9 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 5 February 2026 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 against Hungary lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) 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 26 February 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]    13882/25 16/04/2025 Csaba KISS 1969   Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 04/12/2025 01/07/2025 6,800    15115/25 09/05/2025 Enikő SZABÓ 1963   Manger Marcell Budapest   09/12/2025 17/09/2025 3,400    17447/25 05/06/2025 Norbert SOÓS 1992   Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 08/12/2025 15/10/2025 2,700    19237/25 16/06/2025 Krisztián RAFAEL 1997   Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 08/12/2025 11/11/2025 3,300    19731/25 20/06/2025 Bence Gergely TÖRÖK 1999   Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 15/12/2025 30/10/2025 3,900    19988/25 20/06/2025 Sándor SZÉCSI 1978   Szabó Marcell Budapest   09/12/2025 08/10/2025 4,100    21678/25 01/07/2025 Rafael ZSOLDOS 1992   Fahidi Gergely Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 16/12/2025 11/11/2025 3,400    22484/25 17/07/2025 Irén BÓDI 1969   Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 16/12/2025 03/12/2025 3,300    23460/25 24/07/2025 Ferenc Béni DAMU 1987   Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 15/12/2025 17/11/2025 3,900  23461/25 24/07/2025 Tibor BOGDÁN 1995   Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 15/12/2025 17/11/2025 3,900   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.