SECOND SECTION DECISION Application no. 7162/24 Benedek KONCZ against Hungary and 9 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 27 March 2025 as a Committee composed of: Gediminas Sagatys , President , Stéphane Pisani, Juha Lavapuro , judges , and Attila Teplán, 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 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 30 April 2025. Attila Teplán Gediminas Sagatys 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] 7162/24 04/03/2024 Benedek KONCZ 1973 Fahidi Gergely Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 29/01/2025 14/10/2024 2,000 16712/24 16/05/2024 László ROSTÁS 1982 Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 19/02/2025 12/11/2024 2,600 17227/24 10/06/2024 Imre KRIZSA 1960 Cseterics Krisztián Budapest 30/01/2025 24/10/2024 3,300 18576/24 27/06/2024 Róbert VARGA 1991 Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 19/02/2025 28/10/2024 5,400 20928/24 16/07/2024 Anita MENYHÁRT 1975 Andorfer Miklós Budajenő Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 14/02/2025 25/02/2025 3,600 24922/24 22/08/2024 Béla KOVÁCS 1978 Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 29/01/2025 15/11/2024 5,200 24925/24 21/08/2024 Ferenc KATONA 1990 Borsos Tamás Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 13/02/2025 25/10/2024 3,300 29637/24 01/10/2024 Gusztáv HORVÁTH 1963 Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 20/02/2025 09/01/2025 3,300 31335/24 11/10/2024 László Zoltán FÁBIÁN 1989 Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 20/02/2025 15/01/2025 3,900 32744/24 15/10/2024 Miklós FRIEBERT 1960 Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 20/02/2025 12/02/2025 5,500 [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.