Slovak Republic: Training of police officers on the investigation of racially motivated crimes
On 27 May, the Department for the Execution of Judgments participated in a training session for 20 specialist police officers and investigators from across the Slovak Republic. The event was organised by the Roma and Travellers Division of the Council of Europe. The training aimed to strengthen...
Romania: Training for lawyers on the supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments
On 27 May, the Department for the Execution of Judgments held a training session for practising lawyers of the Dolj Bar Association in Craiova, Romania. The event was organised together with the Bar association and brought together around 20 legal professionals. The training focused on the role...
France: Technical meeting on prison overcrowding
On May 22, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (DEJ), accompanied by a member of the Secretariat of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), met in Paris with representatives from various departments of the Ministry of Justice...
Meeting with a delegation from the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine
On 21 May 2026, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (DEJ) met with representatives of the International Cooperation Department of the Office of the Prosecutor General (OPG) of Ukraine. The meeting took place in the margins of the 89th session of the...
Fișe tematice, acum disponibile și în română ! - Thematic factsheets now available in Romanian
The Council of Europe’s Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has published Romanian translations of a number of thematic factsheets (see the full list below). These unofficial translations were prepared on the basis of the original English texts. In the...
Training for Turkish lawyers on the supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments
On 13 May, the Department for the Execution of Judgments held the ninth webinar in its ongoing training series addressed to practicing lawyers in Türkiye. The webinar, organised in collaboration with the Union of Turkish Bar Associations, brought together 49 lawyers from the bar associations of...
Slovak Republic: Meeting with the Slovak Bar Association
On 29 April, the Department for the Execution of Judgments (DEJ) held an online meeting with the Slovak Bar Association to discuss the execution of the European Court’s judgments pending before the Committee of Ministers (CM) with respect to the Slovak Republic. The DEJ presented the procedures...
Ukraine: XIII Lviv Annual International Forum on the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights
On 1–2 May, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights participated (online) in the XIII Lviv Annual International Forum on the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights. The event was co-organised by the Council of Europe cooperation activities and...
European NPM Forum 2026: Conference on Mental Health in Detention
On 28 April, the Department for the Execution of Judgments participated in the annual conference of the European NPM Forum in Strasbourg, dedicated this year to mental health in detention. The event brought together National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) representatives and Council of Europe experts...
Slovak Republic: Meeting with the Slovak Bar Association
On 29 April, the Department for the Execution of Judgments (DEJ) held an online meeting with the Slovak Bar Association to discuss the execution of the European Court’s judgments pending before the Committee of Ministers (CM) with respect to the Slovak Republic. The DEJ presented the procedures...
Meeting with the Norwegian National Preventive Mechanism
On 22 April, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (DEJ) met with the Norwegian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), a body within the structure of the Norwegian Parliamentary Ombud for Scrutiny of the Public Administration. The DEJ presented the...
Ukraine: International conference on current challenges in the justice system
On 24 April, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights participated online in the XI. Annual International Scientific and Practical Conference on current challenges in the justice system, co-organised by three Ukrainian universities, the National Yaroslav...
Greece: Informal exchange on prison conditions and reform efforts
On 20-21 April, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights participated in an informal exchange on improving prison conditions in Greece, organised by the Greek Public Policy Forum. The discussions focused on strategic efforts to address prison...
Study visit of academics and students from Leiden Law School
On 21 April, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights hosted a visit of academics and students from Leiden Law School, who were visiting the Council of Europe on their study trip to Strasbourg, notably as a part of the Advanced LL.M. in European and...
Ukraine: International Conference “National Courts and the European Court of Human Rights: respective roles, interaction and judicial dialogue”
On 15 April, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights participated (online) in the International Conference "National Courts and the European Court of Human Rights: respective roles, interaction and judicial dialogue", which took place in Kyiv and was...
Poland: Working visit of the Polish Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Justice
On 31 March, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights welcomed a high-level delegation from Poland led by Maria Ejchart, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, accompanied by Maria Wejs‑Domżalska, Deputy Head of the Legal and Treaty...
Ukraine: Meeting with the Mayor of Mariupol
On 30 March, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights met with the Mayor of Mariupol and representatives of the Mariupol City Council on the margins of their participation in the 50th Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. The...
Greece: Meeting with the Ministry of Migration and Asylum of Greece on reception conditions of asylum seekers and the lack of an effective remedy
On 19 March, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (DEJ) held an online technical meeting with the Ministry of Migration and Asylum of Greece. The discussion focused on reception conditions of asylum seekers, including access to medical care and the...
Study visit of the State Legal Council of Greece to the Council of Europe
On 19 March, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights hosted a study visit of the State Legal Council of Greece. The State Legal Council provides legal support for the Greek State and represents it before domestic and international courts, including the...
Greece: New HELP course launched to strengthen assessment of complaints related to detention conditions
On 13 March, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (DEJ) participated in the launch of a new HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) course on assessing complaints related to conditions of detention in Greek prisons. This thematic...
Widespread progress implementing European Court of Human Rights rulings, but challenges remain
Many countries made significant progress in implementing judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights in 2025 but a number of important challenges remain, according to the latest Annual report of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The report shows that the...
Visit to Albania on the execution of the European Court's judgments
From 17 to 19 March, a delegation from the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (DEJ) visited Korça and Tirana. The mission, organised in cooperation with the State’s Advocate’s Office, aimed to discuss with the Albanian authorities the execution of...
Visit to Armenia on the execution of the European Court's judgments
On 17–18 March, a delegation from the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (DEJ) conducted a mission to Yerevan to engage with the Armenian authorities on selected cases pending execution. On the first day, the DEJ delegation held meetings with the...
Romania: Presentation of the 2025 Annual Report of the Romanian Prison Administration
On 12 March, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights participated in the presentation of the 2025 Annual Report of the Romanian Prison Administration (NAP) in Bucharest, following an invitation from NAP. The event was attended by high-level officials,...
Working visit of the Albanian Ombudsperson
On 12 March, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (DEJ) hosted a working visit of the Albanian People’s Advocates (Ombudsperson) to discuss the execution of judgments concerning Albania currently under the Committee of Ministers’ supervision. The...
‘Terra dei Fuochi’ pollution case: Italy’s comprehensive strategy to implement key ECHR ruling welcomed
The case concerns large-scale pollution stemming from the illegal dumping, burying and burning of waste, often by organised criminal groups, in parts of the Campania region known as the Terra dei Fuochi. Increased rates of cancer and pollution of groundwater have been recorded in the area, where...
Armenia: International Conference on Patients’ Rights
On 26–27 February, the Department for the Execution of Judgments participated in the International Conference on patients’ rights held in Yerevan and dedicated to Armenia’s recent ratification of the Oviedo Convention in 2025. The objective of the event was to reinforce Armenia’s efforts to...
Implementing the European Court's judgments: Latest decisions from the Committee of Ministers
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has published the case-by-case decisions taken during its meeting from 9 to 11 March on the implementation of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights. The Committee of Ministers adopted 42 decisions concerning 21 states during...
Implementing European Court of Human Rights judgments: 1553rd meeting of the Committee of Ministers
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers is holding its quarterly meeting to oversee the execution of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg from 9 to 11 March. Cases proposed for detailed examination concern Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium,...
Overview of the rules governing the reopening of domestic proceedings after a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights
The Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has published an overview of national provisions on the reopening of domestic judicial proceedings in the context of the execution of judgments and decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in member states...
