FIRST SECTION DECISION Application no. 33296/20 Bartłomiej BOJAR against Poland and 2 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 19 December 2024 as a Committee composed of: Georgios A. Serghides , President , Erik Wennerström, Alain Chablais , judges , and Viktoriya Maradudina, 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 case, Having deliberated, decides as follows: FACTS AND PROCEDURE The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table. The applicant’s complaints under Article 8 of the Convention concerning the strip searches he had to undergo while detained in Strzelce Opolskie Prison no. 1 between 31 October 2019 and 13 June 2023, were communicated to the Polish 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 Poland 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 case. 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 case 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 23 January 2025. Viktoriya Maradudina Georgios A. Serghides Acting Deputy Registrar President APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article 8 of the Convention (strip searches in detention) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth Representative’s name and location 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] 33296/20 24/07/2020 Bartłomiej BOJAR 1973 Solińska Barbara Wrocław 13/09/2024 13/08/2024 5,000 4624/21 29/12/2020 40068/23 23/10/2023 [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.