FIRST SECTION DECISION Application no. 1968/24 Piotr NIECKUŁA against Poland and 5 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 24 April 2025 as a Committee composed of: Georgios A. Serghides , President , Frédéric Krenc, 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 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 and Article 13 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law 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 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 15 May 2025. Viktoriya Maradudina Georgios A. Serghides Acting Deputy Registrar President APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention (excessive length of criminal proceedings and lack of any effective remedy in domestic law) 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 per applicant (in euros) [1] Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application (in euros) [2] 1968/24 03/01/2024 Piotr NIECKUŁA 1991 07/02/2025 02/01/2025 1,600 - 8448/24 05/03/2024 Mariusz JUREWICZ 1981 07/02/2025 08/11/2024 3,100 - 9703/24 23/03/2024 Rafał PILICHOWSKI 1993 Cupiał Dawid Warsaw 07/02/2025 06/11/2024 5,100 250 14869/24 13/05/2024 Mariusz POPOWSKI 1982 Popowska Elżbieta Warsaw 07/02/2025 04/02/2025 5,500 - 16438/24 27/05/2024 Mirosław Michał MALINOWSKI 1983 07/02/2025 06/12/2024 2,400 - 17431/24 04/06/2024 Marek Jarosław STĘPNIAK 1974 Ziajor Michał Łukasz Katowice 07/02/2025 11/02/2025 8,000 250 [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants. [2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.