Implementing European Court of Human Rights judgments

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 5 to 7 June. Cases proposed for detailed examination concern Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Republic of Moldova, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovenia, Türkiye, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

Decisions taken by the Committee of Ministers during the meeting will be published on the Council of Europe website on Thursday 8 June. 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.

Following itsexclusion 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

Video on the supervision process

Country and thematic factsheets on the execution of ECHR judgments

Website on the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights