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Recommendation 1955 (2011) Final version
Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
1. The Parliamentary Assembly, referring
to its Resolution 1787 (2011) on the implementation of judgments of
the European Court of Human Rights (“the Court”), strongly urges
the Committee of Ministers to increase, by all available means,
its effectiveness as the statutory guarantor of the implementation
of the Court's judgments, and to that effect recommends that it:
1.1. ensure special priority treatment
for the most important problems in the implementation of the Court’s
judgments, notably the systemic problems identified in Resolution
1787 (2011), and regularly inform the Assembly of the results achieved
towards resolving these problems;
1.2. induce States Parties to the European Convention on Human
Rights with structural problems to provide comprehensive strategies
which outline a clear and detailed approach to executing Court judgments,
and ensure effective assessment of the adequacy of measures taken
through such action plans;
1.3. ensure that governments improve and, where necessary,
set up domestic mechanisms and procedures to secure timely and effective
implementation of the Court's judgments through action of all national
actors concerned, co-ordinated at the highest political level;
1.4. increase pressure and take firmer measures in cases of
dilatory execution and/or continuous non-compliance with the Court’s
judgments by states parties, and to work more closely on this subject with
the Assembly;
1.5. ensure, in cases of persistent and flagrant disregard
of the Court's case law, that recourse be made to Article 8 of the
Council of Europe's Statute of 1949 (suspension/withdrawal from
the Organisation).