Upcoming Event - Time for Action: Human Rights, Democracy, and the Implementation of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

On the 20th of October, EIN and the Netherlands Helsinki Committee will be hosting an event on the non-implementation of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) Judgments. This event is also supported by the Hertie School’s Centre for Fundamental Rights. 

The aim of the event is to highlight the critical problem with the non-implementation of ECtHR judgments. As of 1 January 2022, there are 1300 leading judgments pending implementation. Each pending case represents distinct structural/systemic human rights problems which negatively effects the protection of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. 

The event will discuss current pending cases involving political prisoners, including Alexei Navalny and Osman Kavala, and it will provide an account of what it is like to be a political prisoner despite having a judgment of ECtHR in one’s favour. The event will be an opportunity for participants to gain more information on these important issues, and to discuss the best way to promote the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.

Event Details: 

Date/Time: Thursday 20th October from 17.15 to 19.00 CET (Doors at 17:00)

Location: Berlin, Germany

Chair:
Dr. Hans-Jörg Behrens, Agent of the German Federal Ministry of Justice before the European Court of Human Rights

Interventions:

The overall implementation of ECtHR judgments

Ramute Remezaite, EIN Board member, Implementation Lead at the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC)

The implementation of ECtHR cases concerning victims of political persecution:

Khadija Ismayilova, Azerbaijani investigative journalist and former political prisoner

Prof. Dr. Başak Çalı, EIN Chair, Professor of International Law, Co-Director of the Centre for Fundamental Rights, Hertie School, Berlin’s University of Governance

The language of the event will be English.

Registration form here

The deadline to register is 12:00 CET on the 15th of October.