Actual challenges for the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
Jerzy Jaskiernia
Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9401-5999
Abstract
The author analyzes the problem of the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). In light of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a special role in its control mechanism is played by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. Despite the measures taken, there have been delays in the execution of judgments or the lack of their implementation for years. The author analyzed this problem in light of the latest reports of the Committee of Ministers and the recommendations of the Parliamentary Assembly. He pointed to the need for greater activity in this process of other bodies of the Council of Europe, including: the Commissioner for Human Rights, the Venice Commission, the CPT, the ECRI as well as institutions of the civil society. In the last decade, the interest of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in this matter has clearly increased. The author postulates that parliamentarians sitting in this body should be more active in this regard in their countries. They have instruments of control on the executive power, which could be used to increase the effectiveness of the execution of the ECtHR’s judgements.
Keywords:
ECHR, ECtHR, judgments, implementation, Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, Parliamentary AssemblyReferences
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Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
Prof. Dr. habil., Professor, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce; correspondence address: ul. Uniwersytecka 15, 25-406 Kielce, Poland.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9401-5999
