Implementing European Court of Human Rights judgments

Council of Europe logo Strasbourg, Dec.5.– 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 6 to 8 December.

Cases proposed for detailed examination concern Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, the Republic of Moldova, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. Council of Europe

Decisions taken by the Committee of Ministers during the meeting will be published on the Council of Europe website after the meeting has ended.

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 oversees the execution of judgments on the basis of information provided by national authorities, applicants, NGOs, 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.

Links:

Meeting documents
Country factsheets on the execution of ECHR judgments

Press contact
Andrew Cutting, Spokesperson/Media Officer, tel. +32 485 217 202

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