Consultations on strengthening Bulgaria's national capacity to execute the European Court’s judgments
On 20 and 21 November, the Department for the Execution of Judgments held meetings with Bulgarian legal experts and officials from the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Finance, to discuss the Bulgarian authorities’ ongoing work aimed at establishing a formalised...
ODIHR’s Annual Trial Monitoring Meeting in Skopje
On 23 November, the Department for the Execution of Judgments participated in the Annual Trial Monitoring Meeting in Skopje, organised by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). Representatives from selected OSCE field operations and civil society organisations from...
Online consultations on execution of ECHR judgments in respect of Hungary
On 21 November, the Director of Human Rights and the Department for the Execution of Judgments held a videoconference with newly-appointed Deputy State Secretary Ms. Ágnes Váradi, her team from the Government Agent’s Office at the Hungarian Ministry of Justice, as well as the Permanent...
Capacity-building event for National Human Rights Institutions
On 15 November, ENNHRI (European Network of National Human Rights Institutions), EIN (European Implementation Network) and the Department for the Execution of Judgments organised a capacity-building seminar for National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in Strasbourg. "Implementing Judgments of...
Visit to Croatia on the execution of the European Court's judgments
On 15-16 November, the Department for the Execution of Judgments carried out a mission to Croatia to discuss cases pending under the supervision of the Committee of Ministers, to strengthen cooperation, and to raise awareness of the work, practice and procedures of the Committee of Ministers and...
Meeting of the PACE Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court
On 13-14 November, and in follow up to the Reykjavik Declaration, the Department for the Execution of Judgments participated in the meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, held in the Parliament of the...
Meeting of NPMs and CSOs in the OSCE region on mental health in detention
On 9 and 10 November, the Department for the Execution of Judgments participated at the sixth regional meeting of National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) of the OSCE region on mental health in detention. During the event, the Department presented the relevant...
Visit to Greece on the execution of the European Court's judgments
On 8 and 9 November, the Director of Human Rights and the Department of the Execution of Judgments carried out a mission to Athens and had constructive discussions on a number of cases under the supervision of the Committee of Ministers for many years. Ways forward to implement the Bekir-Ousta...
Meeting with the investigative bodies of Ukraine
On 7 November, the Department for the Execution of Judgments met with representatives of the investigative bodies of Ukraine, such as the National Police, the State Bureau of Investigations, the Office of the Prosecutor General and the State Security Service. The Department presented the...
Expert meeting on the Penitentiary Reform in Ukraine in light of the Council of Europe standards
On 31 October, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights participated virtually in the Expert meeting on the Penitentiary Reform in Ukraine in light of the Council of Europe standards, which took place in Kyiv. The meeting was attended by Ms Olena...
Meeting with the prosecutorial self-governance and disciplinary bodies of Ukraine
On 20 October 2023, the Department for the Execution of Judgments met with the leadership and representatives of the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Prosecutors, the Council of Prosecutors and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. The Department presented the main issues...
Study Visit from the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Türkiye
On 16 October, the Department for the Execution of Judgments participated in a Study Visit of a delegation from the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Türkiye to the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights. The Department presented the principles of the execution process,...
ENNHRI – 10th anniversary conference in Brussels
On 10 October, the Director of Human Rights and the Department for the Execution of Judgments participated in the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions’ (ENNHRI) 10th anniversary conference Advancing human rights, democracy and rule of law at a critical time in Europe: the role...
2023 Warsaw Human Dimension Conference (OSCE/ODIHR)
On 9 October, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the ECHR participated in the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference, organised by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). At the thematic session dedicated to judicial independence, the Department emphasised...
Tripartite meeting on the execution by Romania of the European Court’s judgments concerning properties nationalised during the communist period
On 28 September, the Department for the Execution of Judgments held a tripartite meeting with representatives of the Court’s Registry and the Romanian authorities, who initiated the meeting, including the National Authority for Property Restitution, the Government Agent’s Office and the Permanent...
Visit to Slovenia on the execution of the European Court's judgments
On 3-5 October, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the ECHR carried out a mission to Ljubljana to discuss cases pending under the supervision of the Committee of Ministers, to strengthen cooperation, and to raise awareness of the work, practice and procedures of the Committee of...
Launch of HELP/UNHCR Course on Asylum and Human Rights for Croatian judges
On 22 September, the Department for the Execution of Judgments participated in the launch of the Croatian version of the HELP/UNHCR Course on Asylum and Human Rights. The launch was accompanied by a seminar organised by the Council of Europe HELP Programme in cooperation with the Croatian...
Committee of Ministers recalls concerns about the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy & Reconciliation) Bill
During its Human Rights meeting of 19-21 September, the Committee of Ministers examined the execution of the McKerr group concerning various shortcomings in investigations into the deaths of the applicants’ next-of-kin in Northern Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s. The Committee recalled its...
Committee of Ministers urges Bulgaria to take decisive action to ensure freedom of association of UMO Ilinden and similar associations
During its Human Rights meeting of 19-21 September, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe examined the execution of the UMO Ilinden and Others group of the European Court's judgments concerning the domestic courts’ unjustified refusals, between 1999 and 2015, to register...
Implementing the European Court's judgments: latest decisions from the Committee of Ministers
The Committee of Ministers has published the case-by-case decisions taken during its Human Rights meeting from 19 to 21 September, in the context of its supervision of the implementation of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights. The Committee of Ministers adopted 45...
Exchange of views between the Committee of Ministers and civil society on execution of cases against Russia concerning human rights violations in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova
On 18 September 2023, the Committee of Ministers held an exchange of views with the civil society focusing on the execution of judgments against the Russian Federation related to human rights violations in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova. The representatives of the People’s...
Mission to Azerbaijan on the execution of the European Court's judgments
On 4 and 5 September, the Director of Human Rights and the Department for the Execution of Judgments carried out a mission to Baku. Fruitful exchanges were held with the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Prosecutor General’s...
Visit to Ukraine on the execution of the European Court's judgments
On 28 August–1 September 2023, a delegation from the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights visited Kyiv to discuss challenges and steps to be taken by the Ukrainian authorities in order to implement the ECHR judgments. Meetings were held at the Ministry...
Online consultations on execution by Romania of the European Court's judgments
On 21 July, the Department for the Execution of Judgments had consultations with representatives of the Ministry of Justice and of the Government Agent’s Office. These exchanges are part of a sustained and fruitful dialogue focused on the legislative solutions envisaged to implement an ECHR...
Mission to Sofia to discuss execution of the European Court’s judgments
On 12 and 13 July, the Department for the Execution of Judgments carried out a mission to Sofia. Several meetings were held which concerned groups of cases under enhanced supervision regarding the rights of persons with mental disabilities (Stanev case), proportionality assessment of eviction or...
Roundtable on effective preventive remedies in respect of poor conditions of detention
On 3 July, the Department for the Execution of Judgments organised a Roundtable on effective preventive remedies to complain about poor material conditions of detention, in particular prison overcrowding. The event was organised at the request of the Belgian authorities, with a view to supporting...
Mission to Georgia takes stock of progress and remaining challenges in the execution of judgments of the European Court
On 22 and 23 June, the Department for the Execution of Judgments carried out a mission to Georgia, to discuss with the authorities cases pending before the Committee of Ministers, in particular those under the enhanced supervision procedure and relating to structural or complex problems. The...
Visit to Paris on the implementation by France of the European Court's judgments
On 19 and 20 June, the Director of Human Rights and the Department for the Execution of Judgments carried out a mission to Paris, organised in co-operation with the Permanent Representation of France to the Council of Europe, to discuss several French cases currently being executed before the...
Visit to Germany on the execution of ECHR judgments
On 19 and 20 June, the Department for the Execution of Judgments carried out a visit to Berlin to present in a workshop the practice and procedures of the Committee of Ministers related to the supervision of the execution of ECHR judgments and discuss certain issues on pending cases concerning...
Working visit to the United Nations: Closer co-operation with the United Nations concerning the execution of cases against the Russian Federation
On 12-13 June a delegation of the Execution Department held bilateral meetings in Geneva with Ms Mariana Katzarova, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Russia, as well as with the Secretariat of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances...
