On 24 June, the first annual meeting between the Department for the Execution of Judgments and the national co-ordinators for the execution of judgments took place in Helsinki. The meeting took place further to the calls of the Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe at their 4th Summit in Reykjavik in 2023 where they recommitted to ensuring the full, effective, and prompt execution of the final judgments of the Court, and also affirmed the need for a co-operative and inclusive approach, based on dialogue, in the supervision process. The meeting, where 43 out of 46 member states were represented, was organised under the aegis of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
The national co-ordinators decided to establish the “Execution Co-ordinators Network” as a means to facilitate the exchange of expertise and experience among national co-ordinators of member states. Nicola Wenzel from Germany, Oana-Florentina Ezer from Romania and Marharyta Sokorenko from Ukraine were elected respectively as the Chair and the Vice-Chairs of the Network.
The establishment of the Execution Co-ordinators Network was supported by the multilateral co-operation project “Support to efficient domestic capacity for the execution of ECtHR judgments (Phase 1)”, funded by the Human Rights Trust Fund.
For more details see the dedicated Human Rights National Implementation website.
