FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 27678/17
Ibraim ADEMI against North Macedonia
and 19 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 11 June 2020 as a Committee composed of:
Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President,
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos,
Armen Harutyunyan, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 is set out in the appended table.
The applicants' complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the alleged excessive length of the domestic proceedings were communicated to the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia ("the Government").
The Court received friendly-settlement declarations under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against North Macedonia 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.
Liv Tigerstedt Krzysztof Wojtyczek
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(Excessive length of civil / criminal proceedings)
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 non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses
per applicant (in euros)[1]
27678/17
06/04/2017
Ibraim ADEMI
1959
Ljupcho Lazareski
Gostivar
17/01/2020
18/01/2020
3,700
75052/17
18/10/2017
Borche STOJKOVSKI
1978
Marija Koshevaliska
Shtip
17/01/2020
02/01/2020
1,400
18902/18
14/04/2018
Nase VELICHKOVSKI
1962
Blagoj Angjelovski
Kriva Palanka
17/01/2020
22/01/2020
1,700
45413/18
19/09/2018
Gordana DODEVSKA
1968
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
17/01/2020
19/12/2019
3,400
45429/18
20/09/2018
Melita DONEVA
1966
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
17/01/2020
19/12/2019
3,400
46042/18
21/09/2018
Miodrag DAVCHEVSKI
1954
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
17/01/2020
19/12/2019
3,500
46057/18
20/09/2018
Slavjanka KOSTOV
1955
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
17/01/2020
19/12/2019
3,400
46492/18
25/09/2018
Snezhana TRAJANOVSKA
1969
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
17/01/2020
19/12/2019
3,400
46496/18
26/09/2018
Robert JORDANOV
1959
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
17/01/2020
19/12/2019
3,400
46870/18
27/09/2018
Perica DIMITRIEVSKI
1966
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
17/01/2020
19/12/2019
3,400
49307/18
15/10/2018
(7 applicants)
Alija SAITFARUK
1949
Velko DIMITROVSKI
1944
Risto BELOV
1944
Violeta STOJANOVA
1959
Kiro JAKIMOV
1957
Krsto CHAPALOV
1940
Vidan STOJANOV
1947
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
17/01/2020
19/12/2019
3,500
53423/18
07/11/2018
Slobodan GJORGJIOSKI
1963
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
17/01/2020
19/12/2019
3,700
55921/18
16/11/2018
(16 applicants)
Dragi KOSTOVSKI
1951
Elica JOVANOVA
1954
Jasminka GULEVSKA
1961
Marika STEVKOVSKA
1955
Vukica TRPEVSKA
1963
Danica JOSIFOVSKA
1953
Stanka ILIOVSKA
1959
Sretka GJORGJEVSKA
1959
Vaska ILIEVSKA
1953
Vukica NAUMOVSKA
1955
Ljuba PAVLOSKA
1955
Jusuf IMER
1948
Faat DJELADIN
1963
Radica ANGELOVSKA
1963
Svetlana CVETKOVSKA
1958
Bekjir NUREDINI
1955
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
17/01/2020
19/12/2019
2,600
56410/18
23/11/2018
(5 applicants)
Ekrem USEIN
1947
Nada ALEKSOVSKA
1950
Darka GJOSHEVA
1949
Spasa MINOVSKA
1954
Jelica SPASIKJ
1952
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
17/01/2020
19/12/2019
3,500
56599/18
26/11/2018
Marko MARKOSKI
1951
Vladimir Stojkoski
Struga
17/01/2020
03/03/2020
2,100
59617/18
12/12/2018
(11 applicants)
Jovica PETKOVSKI
1966
Strahil KARTALOV
1949
Rade MERDJANOVSKI
1962
Vera STOJANOVSKA
1954
Velika VAPSKA
1947
Lenka KUZMANOVA
1949
Spasena MLADENOVSKA
1957
Zlatka ARSOVA
1955
Zorka STOJCHEVSKA
1951
Ljuba KJIMOVSKA
1959
Pavlina SMILEVA
1952
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
17/01/2020
19/12/2019
3,100
3320/19
10/01/2019
MAK VOZILA DOOEL SKOPJE
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
17/01/2020
19/12/2019
2,300
10644/19
18/02/2019
(8 applicants)
Savetka GJORGJIEVSKA
1956
Jordan TRAJKOVSKI
1958
Ratka POPOVA
1960
Miodrag ANTIKJ
1966
Marjan RISTOVSKI
1964
Aleksandar STEFANOVSKI
1944
Cena GJORGJIEVSKA
1959
Dobrila PETREVA
1951
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
17/01/2020
19/12/2019
4,100
12059/19
25/02/2019
Branislav STOLESKI
1956
17/01/2020
10/01/2020
4,000
21536/19
15/04/2019
Ljubomir BUNDALESKI
1971
Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska
Skopje
17/01/2020
19/12/2019
3,400
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.