The European Implementation Network (EIN) is a non-governmental organisation established to champion the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. Initially conceived in 2014 as a project of Judgment Watch, an NGO based in Geneva that supports, monitors and promotes the implementation of human rights judgments around the world, EIN was registered as an independent NGO under French law in January 2017 with its headquarters in Strasbourg. In November 2019, EIN was granted participatory status with the Council of Europe.

EIN's founding members are:

  • Andrew Drzemczewski (human rights scholar and former Head of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Department of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)

  • Professor Başak Çalı (Hertie School of Governance, Berlin; Center for Global Public Law, Koç University, Istanbul)

  • Judgment Watch, represented by Malcolm Langford

  • Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR), represented by Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska

  • Legal Resources Centre from Moldova (LRCM), represented by Daniel Goinic

  • Nigel Warner (former ILGA-Europe Advisor on the Council of Europe)

  • Open Society Justice Initiative

  • Professor Philip Leach (School of Law, Middlesex University, London)

The EIN Board, elected for a term of four years, currently consists of eleven members:

  1. Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC), represented by Dr. Krassimir Kanev, Director of Monitoring and Research (Bulgaria);

  2. Dr. Anne Heinisch, Senior Visiting Researcher of the Rule of Law Clinic at the Central European University’s Democracy Institute, and Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Ghent University (Belgium);

  3. Human Rights House Zagreb (HRHZ), represented by Ivan Novosel, Director of Programs (Croatia);

  4. Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM), represented by Panayote Dimitras, Founder and Spokesperson (Greece);

  5. Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC), represented by Renata Uitz (Hungary);

  6. Dr. Ramute Remezaite, Senior Legal Consultant and Implementation Lead, European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) (Lithuania);

  7. Promo-LEX Association, represented by Vadim Vieru, Program Director (Moldova);

  8. Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ), represented by Daniel Holder, Director (Northern Ireland);

  9. Association for the Defence of Human Rights in Romania (APADOR-CH), represented by Ecaterina-Georgiana Georghe, Executive Director (Romania);

  10. Christian De Vos, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, CUNY School of Law, New York (United States of America);

  11. Kerem Altiparmak, Individual Member (Türkiye).

The EIN Bureau, elected for a term of two years, is currently comprised of: 

  • Maciej Nowicki, on behalf of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Chair

  • Dr Ramute Remezaite, Vice-Chair

  • Ecaterina-Georgiana Georghe, Secretary

  • Dr Krassimir Kanev, Treasurer

You can find further details on the role of the EIN Board and Bureau in the EIN Founding Statute.