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Implementing ECHR judgments: Latest decisions from the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers.

Strasbourg, 03.12.2021 – The latest case-by-case decisions on the implementation of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights have been published by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers.

The Committee adopted 44 decisions concerning 19 member states during the meeting, including five Interim Resolutions (*) on the Gafgaz Mammadov group of cases v. Azerbaijan, the Sejdić and Finci group v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Kavala v. Turkey case, the Selahattin Demirtaş v. Turkey (no. 2) case and the Sukachov, Nevmerzhitsky group, Yakovenko group and Melnik group v. Ukraine.

30 Final Resolutions (**) were adopted by the Committee in respect of 141 judgments and decisions from the European court, concerning 15 different states.

An indicative list of cases to be examined during the Committee’s next dedicated meeting on the execution of judgments, which will take place from 8 to 10 March 2022, was also adopted.

Background
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 the national authorities concerned, NGOs and other interested parties.

Meeting documents
Video on the supervision process
Country and thematic factsheets
Website: Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights

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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.