The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers is holding its quarterly meeting to oversee the implementation of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg from 9 to 11 March.
Cases proposed for detailed examination concern Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, the Republic of Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Türkiye and Ukraine.
Decisions taken by the Committee of Ministers during this week's meeting will be published on the Council of Europe website on Thursday 12 March.
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 supervises the implementation of judgments on the basis of information provided by national authorities, applicants, civil society organisations, national human rights institutions (NHRIs) and other interested parties.
Note
Following its exclusion from the Council of Europe on 16 March 2022, the Russian Federation ceased to be a High Contracting Party to the European Convention on Human Rights on 16 September 2022.
As stated in its resolution of 23 March 2022, the Committee of Ministers will continue to supervise the implementation of the judgments and friendly settlements concerned and the Russian Federation is required to implement them.
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