COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS TO SUPERVISE EXECUTION OF ECHR JUDGMENTS

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[04:51 pm] 17 September, 2008

Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers will hold its third special
"human rights" meeting of 2008 from 17 to 18 September. The Committee
will supervise the adoption of individual measures needed to erase
the consequences for applicants of violations established by the
Court (including the payment of any just satisfaction awarded) and/or
general measures (legislative or other changes) aimed at preventing
new similar violations.

361 new cases will be examined. 26 raise questions related to the
adoption of new general measures. The others are either linked to
issues which are already examined under other cases, or do not reveal
any structural problem.

In the remaining cases, the Committee will examine progress made,
notably as far as some 300 legislative or other reforms are concerned.

At the meeting, the Committee will also consider the adoption of final
resolutions in 110 cases in which all of the necessary execution
measures have been taken, and will assess whether some 42 further
cases are ready to be closed.