Republic of Moldova: Legislative reform prohibits detention of minors in public custody for migration-related breaches
On 29 April, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the European Court of Human Rights’ judgment in the case of Minasian and Others v. the Republic of Moldova. This case concerned the detention in public custody of minor children in 2017 without a legal basis, after...
Denmark: Measures taken to avoid errors by the prosecution service related to overly short statutory time-limit
On 29 April, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgment in the case of Daugaard Sorensen v. Denmark. The case concerned violations of the applicant’s right to protection from inhuman or degrading treatment and her right to respect for...
Lithuania ensures genuine civilian alternative to military service for conscientious objectors
On 8 April, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments in the Teliatnikov v. Lithuania group. The two cases concerned the unavailability of a genuine civilian service as an alternative to compulsory military service for the applicant...
Belgium: Progress regarding the age-assessment process of unaccompanied minors
On 11 December, the Belgian authorities submitted an action report reporting important progress in the F.B. v. Belgium case. The case concerns the lack of procedural safeguards during the age-assessment process in 2019 of an unaccompanied minor, leading to the termination of her support. Under...
Bulgaria: Committee of Ministers acknowledges progress achieved in a case concerning people with mental disabilities
At its Human Rights meeting from 9 to 11 March, the Committee of Ministers examined the case Stanev v. Bulgaria, which concerns the poor living conditions to which the applicant, a person with mental disability and partially incapacitated, was exposed in a social care home from 2002-2009, and the...
Romania: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of measures concerning the unjustified use of potentially lethal force by the police
At its Human Rights meeting on 9 to 11 March, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgment in the case of Soare and Others v. Romania. The case concerned life-threatening injuries caused by the unjustified and disproportionate use of firearms...
France: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of a case concerning the review of repatriation requests of French children held in camps in north-eastern Syria
At its Human Rights meeting from 9 to 11 March, the Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of the execution of the case of H.F. and Others v. France, which concerns a violation of the right to enter the territory of the State of which a person is a national, due to the absence of appropriate...
Lithuania: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of a case concerning the lack of effective investigations into an online homophobic attack
On 10 December, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgment in Beizaras and Levickas v. Lithuania. The case concerned the refusal of law enforcement authorities to open an investigation into the applicants’ allegations of serious homophobic...
Armenia: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of long-standing case on unlawful interception of private correspondence
On 10 December, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the judgment Sefilyan v. Armenia. This case concerned the unlawful interference with the applicant's right to respect for his private life in connection to the secret surveillance of his telephone conversations...
Romania: New rules for the compensation mechanism for properties nationalised under the communist regime – ending of the supervision of the oldest case relating to the restitution process
At its Human Rights meeting on 2 to 4 December, the Committee of Ministers took note of the adoption of legislative measures in response to certain findings of the Court in the Vǎleanu and Others v. Romania judgments (on the merits and on just satisfaction), notably to ensure that compensation...
Italy: Committee of Ministers acknowledges progress achieved regarding the age-assessment procedures and the placement of unaccompanied minors in reception facilities for adults
At its Human Rights meeting from 2 to 4 December, the Committee of Ministers examined the action report submitted by the Italian authorities on the Darboe and Camara group of cases, which concerns violations of the right to respect for private life due to shortcomings in the age-assessment...
Germany: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of case on inspection of lawyers’ bank account in the course of criminal investigations
On 10 December, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the European Court of Human Rights’ judgment in the case of Sommer v. Germany. The case concerned the violation of the right to respect for private life due to the procedural shortcomings in the inspection of a...
Türkiye: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of a case on adequate treatment and detention conditions of a mentally-ill life prisoner
At its Human Rights meeting on 2 to 4 December, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the Gömi v. Turkey case, where the Court found a violation on account of the authorities’ failure to place the applicant, sentenced to life imprisonment and suffering from a...
Luxembourg: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of a case concerning the right to adversarial criminal proceedings
On 10 December 2025, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the Van Den Burgt v. Luxembourg case, concerning a violation in 2020 of the applicant’s right to adversarial proceedings, in the context of criminal proceedings, on account of his inability, to respond to...
Croatia: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of cases on protected tenancy legislation obliging landlords to rent property for indefinite period without adequate rent
At its Human Rights meeting from 2 to 4 December, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the Statileo group of cases, which concerned the rent control legislation imposing a disproportionate and excessive burden on owners of flats subjected to protected tenancy (violation of the...
Armenia: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of a case concerning the premature dismissal of a judge
At its Human Rights meeting on 2 to 4 December, the Committee of Ministers closed the supervision of the execution of the European Court of Human Rights’ judgment in Mnatsakanyan v. Armenia. This case concerned the premature dismissal of a judge following disciplinary proceedings against him, and...
Ukraine: Important milestone in implementing judgments concerning the independence and impartiality of the judiciary
At its Human Rights meeting on 2-4 December, the Committee of Ministers reviewed the progress made by Ukraine in implementing the European Court of Human Right’s judgments in the Oleksandr Volkov group concerning structural issues related to the independence of the judiciary and the system of...
Romania: Committee of Ministers confirms effectiveness of preventive remedy concerning conditions of detention
At its Human Rights meeting on 2 to 4 December, the Committee of Ministers welcomed the consolidation of the preventive remedy to effectively address complaints related to overcrowding and material conditions of detention. This progress was achieved through a wide range of measures, including...
Republic of Moldova: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of a case on freedom of expression of journalists, editors and producers of state television company
On 3 December, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the European Court of Human Rights’ judgment in the case of Manole and Others v. the Republic of Moldova. This case concerned censorship and political control by state authorities, in the period 2001-2006, of the...
Belgique : Garanties procédurales en cas de démission ou de retrait des élus de leur mandat
Lors de sa réunion Droits de l’homme du 2 au 4 décembre 2025, le Comité des Ministres a examiné le plan d’action présenté par les autorités dans l’affaire G.K. c. Belgique et a noté avec satisfaction que, suite aux modifications législatives d’avril 2023, les sept assemblées parlementaires belges...
Bulgaria: Progress in implementing judgment concerning deaths of children in a social care home
At its Human Rights meeting on 15-17 September 2025, the Committee of Ministers reviewed the progress made by Bulgaria in executing the European Court of Human Rights’ judgment in the case of Nencheva and Others. The case concerns the deaths of 15 children and young adults with severe mental...
Bulgaria: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of a case concerning breaches of the presumption of innocence by officials
On 3 September, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the European Court of Human Rights’ judgment in the case of Petrov and Ivanova v. Bulgaria. This case and other similar cases concerned public statements made by a Minister of the Interior, by public prosecutors...
Switzerland: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of a case concerning a fine and imprisonment imposed for unintrusive begging
On 7 October, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the judgment Lăcătuș v. Switzerland, concerning the disproportionate interference with the private life of a vulnerable Roma person (violation of Article 8). In 2014, the applicant was fined for unintrusive begging...
Hungary: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of a case concerning the lack of effective and accessible procedures for the determination of statelessness
On 7 October 2025, the Committee ended its supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgment in Sudita Keita v. Hungary concerning the authorities’ failure between 2002 and 2017 to provide an effective and accessible procedure to enable the applicant to have his legal status as a...
Romania: Committee of Ministers welcomes progress in improving conditions of detention and healthcare for seriously ill prisoners
At its Human Rights meeting on 15-17 September, the Committee of Ministers welcomed the progress achieved by the Romanian authorities in improving the conditions of detention and medical care for prisoners suffering from serious or terminal illnesses in response to the European Court’s findings...
Romania: Committee of Ministers ends supervision of measures concerning special detention regime and the right of individual petition
At its Human Rights meeting from 15 to 17 September, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgment in the case of Enache v. Romania. The case concerned the applicant’s automatic classification as a “dangerous” prisoner in 1997 solely based on...
Germany: Determination of criminal charges by an impartial tribunal
On 3 September, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the Meng v. Germany judgment, where the Court found a violation of the applicant’s right to the determination of a criminal charge against her by an impartial tribunal due to the fact that the presiding judge of...
Hungary: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of usufruct rights case
At its Human Rights meeting from 15 to 17 September, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the C.A. Zrt. and T.R. group of cases. The group concerns the violation of the applicants’ property rights due to the enactment of a law which terminated ex lege and without...
Ukraine: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of a group of cases concerning the system of life sentence review
At its Human Rights meeting from 15 to 17 September, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the Petukhov (No.2) group of cases (including 21 repetitive cases), which concerned the systemic problem of the irreducibility of life sentences in Ukraine (violations of the prohibition of...
Italy: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of a case concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings
At its Human Rights meeting on 15-17 September, the Committee of Ministers ended its supervision of the execution of the Ledonne v. Italy judgment which has been the leading case to a group of cases concerning violations of Article 6 of the Convention on account of the excessive length of...
