SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 23691/25
Zoltán VÁMOS against Hungary
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 7 May 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 28 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]
   23691/25
25/07/2025
Zoltán VÁMOS
1974
 
Arató Bence
Budapest
 
23/02/2026
24/03/2026
4,100
   25431/25
11/08/2025
Károly KOVÁCS
1978
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
21/01/2026
23/03/2026
2,600
   25432/25
11/08/2025
Richárd KEREKES
1994
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
24/03/2026
06/02/2026
2,600
   25903/25
11/08/2025
Ferenc KOZÁK
1992
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
19/03/2026
16/01/2026
3,300
   25907/25
11/08/2025
Roland VIDÁK
1990
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
17/03/2026
15/12/2025
6,800
   26331/25
12/08/2025
Ádám VAJAI
1991
 
Szabó Gábor
Göd
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
 
19/03/2026
06/02/2026
2,300
   27685/25
25/08/2025
Zsolt László KMETTY
1967
 
Gárdonyi Zsolt
Budapest
 
17/03/2026
18/03/2026
4,800
   27814/25
01/09/2025
Romeó RADICS
1994
 
Csanádi Krisztián
Szeged
 
24/03/2026
27/11/2025
2,600
   27823/25
01/09/2025
Richárd József MAKULA
1994
 
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
24/03/2026
05/01/2026
2,600
 27961/25
27/08/2025
István KOVÁCS
1978
 
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings
19/03/2026
12/12/2025
3,600
 
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.