BELOICA AND OTHERS v. MONTENEGRO

2026-03-26T00:00:00
  FIRST SECTION DECISION Application no. 13637/24 Veselinka BELOICA against Montenegro and 9 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 26 March 2026 as a Committee composed of:  Raffaele Sabato, President,  Artūrs Kučs,  Anna Adamska-Gallant, judges, and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having regard to the above applications against Montenegro 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 PROCEDUREThe 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 constitutional proceedings were communicated to the Montenegrin 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 Montenegro 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 LAWHaving 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 16 April 2026.    Viktoriya Maradudina Raffaele Sabato  Acting Deputy Registrar President     APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (excessive length of constitutional proceedings) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth/registration 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]    13637/24 22/04/2024 Veselinka BELOICA 1968   Kasalica Makedonka Podgorica 24/07/2025 16/04/2025 1,200 250    13906/24 29/04/2024 Zdravko KASALICA 1970   Kasalica Makedonka Podgorica 24/07/2025 16/04/2025 1,200 250    14238/24 29/04/2024  DAJKOVIĆ CO NAMOS DOO 2002   Đakonović Vido Cetinje 24/07/2025 27/07/2025 1,800 250    15581/24 24/05/2024 Nikola LAKOVIĆ 1978   Bogdanović Ana Podgorica 24/07/2025 30/04/2025 1,200 250    17226/24 28/05/2024 Vaso BEČANOVIĆ 1978   Bogdanović Ana Podgorica 24/07/2025 30/04/2025 1,200 250    19743/24 04/07/2024  RAČICA AD TIVAT 2002   Đukanović Ana Podgorica 24/07/2025 23/07/2025 1,200 250    27562/24 14/09/2024 Radule RADULOVIĆ 1962   Čizmović Aleksandar Nikšić 24/07/2025 24/07/2025 1,200 250    33311/24 04/11/2024 Milutin ĐOROJEVIĆ 1948   Vojinović Milan Nikšić 24/07/2025 10/04/2025 1,200 250    36347/24 23/11/2024 Boško MILOVIĆ 1947   Vujović Milan Podgorica 24/07/2025 26/06/2025 1,200 250  36390/24 22/11/2024 Slobodan PETROVIĆ 1953     - 24/07/2025 03/07/2025 1,500   -   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants. [2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.