SECOND SECTION DECISION Application no. 17335/24 Gábor ÁDÁM against Hungary and 9 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 22 May 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 12 June 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] 17335/24 24/05/2024 Gábor ÁDÁM 1975 Morvai Attila Budapest 16/01/2025 04/04/2025 8,200 30861/24 17/10/2024 Noémi TÓTH 1974 Kolozsiné Papp Kitti Budapest 03/04/2025 06/03/2025 3,600 31213/24 15/10/2024 Krisztina KABAI 1985 Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 04/04/2025 02/01/2025 6,500 31336/24 08/10/2024 János GUPCSÓ 1990 Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 03/04/2025 19/03/2025 2,600 32927/24 28/10/2024 Zsigmond SERBÁN 1966 Kiss Dániel Bálint Budapest Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 03/04/2025 21/02/2025 3,300 35517/24 13/11/2024 Gábor KALÁN 1977 Paulusz Bogáta Budapest 10/04/2025 14/02/2025 3,300 36183/24 25/11/2024 Benjámin LAKATOS 1995 Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 10/04/2025 14/02/2025 3,300 36184/24 25/11/2024 Péter Károly TÓTH 1996 Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 10/04/2025 14/02/2025 3,300 36185/24 25/11/2024 Alexander RICHTER 1995 Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 10/04/2025 14/02/2025 3,300 37506/24 04/12/2024 Zoltán HORVÁTH-PANKOVITS 1975 Szabó Gábor Göd Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of criminal proceedings 31/03/2025 11/04/2025 2,900 [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.