The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has published the case-by-case decisions taken during its meeting from 15 to 16 September on the implementation of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights.

The Committee of Ministers adopted 43 decisions concerning 20 states during the meeting, as well as one interim resolution* concerning the Rana v. Hungary group of cases. The Committee also adopted 49 final resolutions** in respect of 94 judgments and decisions from the Court, concerning 18 different states.

Schedule for December meeting set

In addition, the committee adopted an indicative list of cases to be examined during its next meeting on the implementation of the Court’s rulings, which will take place from 1 to 3 December 2026.

Senior European politicians that participated in the meeting included the Minister of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Davor Bunoza (online), the Minister of Justice of Bulgaria, Nikolay Naydenov, and the Deputy Minister of Justice of Türkiye, Burak Ceyhan.

Under Article 46 of the European Convention on Human Rights, judgments from the European Court of Human Rights are binding on the states concerned.

The Committee of Ministers supervises the execution of judgments on the basis of information provided by national authorities, civil society organisations, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and other interested parties.

Note

Following its exclusion from the Council of Europe on 16 March 2022, the Russian Federation ceased to be a High Contracting Party to the European Convention on Human Rights on 16 September 2022.

As stated in its Resolution of 23 March 2022, the Committee of Ministers will continue to supervise the execution of the judgments and friendly settlements concerned and the Russian Federation is required to implement them.

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(*) An Interim Resolution is a form of decision adopted by the Committee of Ministers aimed at overcoming more complex situations requiring special attention.

(**) A Final Resolution is a Committee of Ministers decision whereby it decides to close the supervision of the execution of a judgment, considering that the respondent state has adopted all measures required in response to the violations found by the court.

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