SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 20698/25
Alexis HORVÁTH against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 9 April 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 PROCEDUREThe 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 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 13 May 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]
   20698/25
20/06/2025
Alexis HORVÁTH
1989
 
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings -
21/01/2026
18/02/2026
3,200
   21654/25
10/07/2025
Károly CSORDÁS
1965
 
Janklovics Ádám
Budapest
 
16/02/2026
01/12/2025
3,900
   22249/25
11/07/2025
Balázs ROZGONYI
1992
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings -
06/03/2026
27/02/2026
2,000
   22258/25
11/07/2025
Péter MOHÁCSI
1984
 
Kiss Dalma
Budapest
 
06/03/2026
22/01/2026
2,000
   22478/25
17/07/2025
Róbert HORVÁTH
1976
 
Enzsöl Péter
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings -
27/02/2026
17/11/2025
2,600
   23084/25
22/07/2025
Zoltán BURAI
1981
 
Sárfi Boglárka Krisztina
Budapest
 
13/02/2026
19/12/2025
2,600
   23696/25
25/07/2025
László GULYÁS
1976
 
Bereczki Zsigmond
Budapest
 
20/02/2026
28/10/2025
3,900
   25066/25
04/08/2025
Benjámin KANALAS
1998
 
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings -
27/02/2026
15/12/2025
3,300
   25227/25
31/07/2025
Kevin RÁCZ
2004
 
Kiss Dalma
Budapest
 
12/02/2026
22/01/2026
2,300
 25905/25
11/08/2025
Szeráf LAKATOS
1996
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings -
27/02/2026
16/01/2026
3,300
 
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.