On 24 June, the Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe, together with representatives from the Department for the Execution of Judgments (DEJ), met in Rome with the Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio and his team, as well as representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, to discuss the implementation of judgments issued by the European Court of Human Rights concerning Italy.
These meetings were held in the context of the DEJ two-day visit to Italy (24-25 June), the first of this kind, organised in close cooperation with the Permanent Representation of Italy to the Council of Europe and the Government Agent before the European Court, to discuss and promote various aspects related to the implementation of the European Court’s judgments.
During the visit, the DEJ held further in-depth discussions with the Head of the Department for Legal and Legislative Affairs at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, representatives from the Ministries of Economy and Finance, Justice, Interior, Health, Environment and Energy Security, as well as the Special Commissioner for Land Reclamation. These exchanges focused on enhancing domestic implementation capacities and on the status of execution, current obstacles and future perspectives in some of the most complex pending cases including the pilot judgment concerning the Terra dei Fuochi area.
The Delegation also met with the President of the Court of Cassation to discuss the process of implementation of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, the crucial role of the Court of Cassation in this context, and to explore potential channels for future dialogue.
