CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 21 novembre 2022

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The list of applicants and the relevant factual information are set out in the appended table. QUESTION TO THE PARTIES Have the applicants been deprived of any real prospect of release and thus potentially subjected to inhuman punishment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention, in view of the fact that they will not be eligible for the mandatory pardon proceedings before having served forty years of imprisonment (see T.P. and A.T. v. Hungary , nos.   37871/14   and   73986/14, 4   October 2016)?   APPENDIX No. Application no. Case name Lodged on Applicant Year of Birth Nationality Represented by Specific grievances 1. 13727/20 Pápics v. Hungary 02/03/2020 Ferenc PÁPICS 1968 Hungarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was sentenced by final judgment of the Pécs Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for aggravated murder on 10 February 2009. 2. 30120/20 Ottlakán v. Hungary 02/07/2020 József OTTLAKÁN 1973 Hungarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was sentenced as a recidivist by final judgment of the Szeged Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for murder, robbery and other crimes on 10 May 2023. 3. 30123/20 Sipőcz v. Hungary 02/07/2020 Zoltán SIPŐCZ 1978 Hungarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was sentenced by final judgment of the Győr Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for aggravated murder on 17 February 2009. 4. 33746/20 Navratil v. Hungary 27/07/2020 János NAVRATIL 1980 Hungarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was sentenced as a multiple recidivist by final judgment of the Szeged Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for murder and robbery on 27 February 2014. 5. 34908/20 Áldott v. Hungary 30/07/2020 József ÁLDOTT 1977 Hungarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was sentenced by final judgment of the Győr Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for aggravated murder and abuse of firearms on 2 October 2007. 6. 49294/20 Magyar v. Hungary 04/11/2020 Róbert MAGYAR 1970 Hungarian Csilla CSUGÁNYNÉ LAKATOS The applicant was sentenced by final judgment of the Debrecen Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for incitement to murder and other crimes on 13 March 2012. 7. 53589/20 Mészáros v. Hungary 13/11/2020 Tibor János MÉSZÁROS 1975 Hungarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was sentenced by final judgment of the Szeged Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for murder, robbery and other crimes on 29 April 2015. 8. 53607/20 Tétényi v. Hungary 13/11/2020 Lajos TÉTÉNYI 1990 Hungarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was sentenced as multiple recidivist by final judgment of the Győr Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for murder on 10 October 2019. 9. 13691/21 Maczák v. Hungary 01/03/2021 Zoltán MACZÁK 1976 Hungarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was sentenced by final judgment of the Szeged Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for aggravated murder on 29 June 2015. 10. 13702/21 Kovács v. Hungary 24/02/2021 Krisztián KOVÁCS 1984 Hungarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was sentenced as multiple recidivist by final judgment of the Pécs Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for murder and other crimes on 30 May 2018. 11. 24647/21 Rézműves v. Hungary 03/05/2021 Attila RÉZMŰVES 1967 Hungarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was sentenced by the Budapest High Court to life imprisonment without release on parole for aggravated murder on 18 March 2016. The judgment was upheld on appeal by the Budapest Court of Appeal on 14 September 2016. 12. 31336/21 Fülöp v. Hungary 27/05/2021 József FÜLÖP 1975 Romanian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was sentenced as multiple recidivist by final judgment of the Pécs Court of Appeal to life imprisonment without release on parole for murder and other crimes on 30 May 2018.   13. 40481/21 Stoyanov v. Hungary 02/08/2021 Ivaylo Neliev STOYANOV 1991 Bulgarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was found guilty of human trafficking and sentenced to life imprisonment without release on parole by final judgment of the Szeged Court of Appeal on 20 June 2019. 14. 56332/21 Balog v. Hungary 27/10/2021 Mihály BALOG 1966 Hungarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was sentenced as multiple recidivist to life imprisonment without release on parole for robbery, and other crimes on 10 December 2020 by the Budapest Court of Appeal. 15. 17888/22 Nagy v. Hungary 30/03/2022 János Dániel NAGY 1974 Hungarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant, a multiple recidivist, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without release on parole on 24 May 2017 by the Győr Court of Appeal. 16. 19033/22 Szűcs v. Hungary 07/04/2022 István SZŰCS 1980 Hungarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was sentenced to life imprisonment without release on parole by the Szeged High Court on 22 September 2011 for multiple aggravated murders. 17. 21742/22 Sándor v. Hungary 26/04/2022 József SÁNDOR 1973 Hungarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was found guilty of aggravated multiple murder and sentenced as recidivist to life imprisonment without release on parole by final judgment of the Budapest Court of Appeal on 4 July 2017. 18. 39032/22 Horváth v. Hungary 04/08/2022 Gábor HORVÁTH 1982 Hungarian Dániel András KARSAI The applicant was found guilty of aggravated murder, robbery and causing bodily harm and was sentenced as multiple recidivist to life imprisonment without release on parole by the Győr Court of Appeal on 1 February 2022.