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International Conference for a better enforcement of national judicial decisions, organised by the Council of Europe and the Luxembourg Presidency of the Committee of Ministers

On 17 March 2025, the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) of the Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe and the Luxembourg Ministry of Justice jointly organised a conference entitled ‘Better enforcement of national judicial decisions: a requirement in terms of human rights and the rule of law’. The event took place in Strasbourg, as part of the Luxembourg Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

The Conference aimed to identify the main systemic and structural problems related to the non-execution of national judicial decisions. It also explored existing non-binding legal instruments for the establishment of quality enforcement procedures, which is a constitutive element of the rule of law and access to justice.

Representatives of ministries of justice, ECHR judges, international experts, legal practitioners, academics and representatives of civil society formed a platform to discuss and exchange best practices on the enforcement of national judicial decisions.

The event was opened by Ms Elisabeth Margue, Minister of Justice of Luxembourg, and Mr Gianluca Esposito, Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe.

The Minister recalled that “the right to a tribunal would be illusory if the domestic legal order of a contracting State allowed a final and binding judicial decision to remain inoperative to the detriment of another party”.

The Director General stressed that at the core of the Conference, was “the right to a fair trial, a cornerstone of the rule of law and democracy. Without efficient and full execution of final, binding court decisions there is no rule of law”.

This initiative was in line with the Reykjavik Declaration, which called for enhanced cooperation and increased knowledge sharing between Member States to facilitate the enforcement of ECHR judgments and improve the efficiency of judicial systems.

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