On 8 May, the Director of Human Rights and the Execution Department, carried out a mission to Belgrade on the ways to move forward with the implementation of the ECHR judgments concerning non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic judicial decisions given in the applicants’ favour against socially/State-owned companies (R. Kačapor group).
The delegation met with the Minister of Justice and representatives of the Ministry of Finance of Serbia. The delegation also met the President and judges of the Constitutional Court. The authorities indicated their commitment to fully executing this group of judgments by taking concrete action towards a comprehensive solution of this long-standing issue. The R. Kačapor group of cases will be re-examined by the Committee of Ministers at one of its Human Rights meetings in 2023, when the results of these consultations as well as the authorities’ subsequent action will be presented to the Committee.
The Director of Human Rights and the Minister of Justice also touched upon avenues to strengthen the domestic capacity to respond rapidly and efficiently to the ECHR judgments.
Members of the Court Registry and the Department for the Implementation of Human Rights, Justice and legal co-operation standards also participated in this mission.
The mission was organised in the context of a cooperation programme on “Strengthening human right protection in Serbia”, part of the joint European Union and Council of Europe “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye 2023-2026”, implemented by the Council of Europe.
