CEDH · CASELAW;RESOLUTIONS;EXECUTION;ENG — 6 juin 2019

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border-bottom-width:0.75pt; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .s546C9D04 { border-top-style:solid; border-top-width:0.75pt; border-right-style:solid; border-right-width:0.75pt; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .s40B7A780 { border-top-style:solid; border-top-width:0.75pt; border-right-style:solid; border-right-width:0.75pt; border-left-style:solid; border-left-width:0.75pt; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .s4F2EDFF { border-top-style:solid; border-top-width:0.75pt; border-left-style:solid; border-left-width:0.75pt; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top } Interim Resolution CM/ResDH(2019)152 Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights Gazsó group (list in Appendix) against Hungary   (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 6 June 2019 at the 1348 th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)     The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”);   Having regard to the considerable number of judgments of the Court finding violations of Article 6, paragraph 1, and in some of these judgments also violations of Article 13 of the Convention, due to the excessive length of civil and criminal proceedings and the lack of an effective remedy in this respect in Hungary;   Recalling that the first case of this kind became final in 2003 and the problem has thus persisted for more than 15 years, and that in view of the scale of the problem the Court delivered a pilot judgment in the case of Gazsó which set 16 October 2016 as deadline for the introduction of “an effective domestic remedy or combination of such remedies”;   Recalling that excessive delays in the administration of justice constitute a serious danger for respect for the rule of law, resulting in a denial of the human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Convention;   Reiterating the additional undue burden imposed on the Court due to the high number of similar cases pending and the new similar applications that are being lodged with the Court, and the serious threat to the effectiveness of the Convention system arising from the respondent State’s failure to abide by the obligations deriving from a pilot judgment;   Bearing in mind that the Committee, in its Interim Resolution CM/ResDH(2018)106 , called upon the   authorities to redouble their efforts to ensure that the legislative process envisaged for the introduction of a compensatory remedy for excessively lengthy court proceedings is completed in line with the timetable then presented, i.e. by 31 October 2018;   Recalling that in October 2018 a bill introducing a compensatory remedy for excessively lengthy judicial proceedings was pending before Parliament but that its adoption had to be postponed with a view to aligning it with the requirements of the Convention and the Court’s case-law; that since December 2018 the authorities have been reviewing the bill; and that despite the Committee’s urgent call at its 1340 th meeting (March 2019) (DH), to date neither a concrete timetable for the legislative process nor a translation of the revised bill has been received;   Likewise bearing in mind the authorities’ active co-operation with the Secretariat and their constructive approach with a view to aligning the bill with the requirements of the Convention and the Court’s case-law;   Noting with disappointment that despite their previous apparent determination to bring the legislative process to a close, the authorities merely announced the adoption of a bill by 31 December 2019, and underlining with serious concern that, by October 2019, three years will have passed since the expiry of the deadline set by the Court in its pilot judgment;   Emphasising that Hungary is one of the very few, remaining member States faced with the issue of excessively lengthy judicial proceedings which has not yet introduced an effective remedy in this respect; Stressing that a strong and firm commitment of the respondent State’s authorities, involving the political key actors at the highest level, is required in order to fulfil their obligations under the Convention, to adopt the necessary legislation and resolve this problem;   Underlining the obligation of every State, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention to abide by the final judgments of the European Court in any case to which they are a party, fully, effectively and promptly;   STRONGLY URGED the Hungarian authorities to accelerate and conclude the law-making process in order to introduce a compensatory remedy for excessively lengthy court proceedings which is in full conformity with Convention standards as established by the Court’s case-law;   URGENTLY CALLED on the authorities to provide, by the end of June 2019, a concrete timetable (specifying the different legislative steps envisaged) for bringing the legislative process to a close, to submit a translation of the revised bill without further delay and to continue to keep the Committee informed, on a monthly basis, about all relevant developments in the legislative process so as to allow the Committee to continuously monitor the progress achieved;   DECIDED to resume examination of this item, in the light of the information received from the authorities, at one of its next Human Rights meetings and at the latest, at its 1362 nd meeting (December 2019) (DH).   Appendix: list of cases   Application Case Judgment of Final on 48322/12 GAZSÓ 16/07/2015 16/10/2015 5766/05 SCHWARTZ AND OTHERS 03/11/2009 1/12/2009 33795/08 MAGYAR CEMENT KFT 28/05/2013 28/05/2013 25065/09 DÖMÖTÖR 22/10/2013 22/10/2013 36630/11 BALOGH 09/02/2016 09/02/2016 42329/09 VARGA 22/03/2016 22/03/2016 76928/11 MÁTYUS 04/10/2016 04/10/2016 2240/12+ SZEBELLÉDI AND OTHERS AND 2 OTHER APPLICATIONS 20/10/2016 20/10/2016 60670/11+ KHARON KFT AND FREHA 20/10/2016 20/10/2016 80104/12 BALOGH 14/12/2017 14/12/2017 66534/11 SOLTÉSZ AND OTHERS 11/01/2018 11/01/2018 40114/12 NAGY 08/02/2018 08/02/2018 67794/13 GÉCZI AND OTHERS 15/11/2018 15/11/2018 3189/14+ JUHÁSZ-BUDAY AND OTHERS 15/11/2018 15/11/2018 57849/14+ NAGY AND OTHERS 20/12/2018 20/12/2018 22579/13+ NAVIGÁCIÓ SZÖVETKEZET AND OTHERS 15/11/2018 15/11/2018 21869/14+ NÉMETH AND OTHERS 20/12/2018 20/12/2018 72595/13+ PÁZSI AND OTHERS 15/11/2018 15/11/2018 60934/13 SOMORJAI 28/08/2018 28/11/2018 20811/14+ SZŰCS AND OTHERS 15/11/2018 15/11/2018 1268/15+ U.M. KERESKEDELMI KFT AND OTHERS 15/11/2018 15/11/2018 6240/18 BARTOS 17/01/2019 17/01/2019 76237/13 BENYÓ AND OTHERS 07/03/2019 07/03/2019 59497/14+ BORBÉLY AND OTHERS 17/01/2019 17/01/2019 4956/15 + BOZA AND OTHERS 17/01/2019 17/01/2019 33248/13+ CSONTOS AND OTHERS 17/01/2019 17/01/2019 72114/13+ CZEBE AND OTHERS 21/02/2019 21/02/2019 53490/14 GULÁCSINÉ SOMOGYI AND OTHERS 28/03/2019 28/03/2019 57258/14 KAHLERT 17/01/2019 17/01/2019 28496/17 KÖRMENDY-MAJNEK 07/03/2019 07/03/2019 39645/15+ KOVÁCS-CSINCSÁK AND KOMLÓDI 17/01/2019 17/01/2019 48770/15 KOVÁTS 07/03/2019 07/03/2019 3412/17 KUDLIK 07/03/2019 07/03/2019 64335/13+ KURMAI AND OTHERS KOMLÓDI 17/01/2019 17/01/2019 61394/14+ KVACSKAY AND OTHERS 17/01/2019 17/01/2019 54589/15 VARGA 07/03/2019 07/03/2019