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 nine members:

  1. Kerem Altiparmak, individual member, Türkiye

  2. Vivien Brassoi, Legal Director, European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), Hungary

  3. Christian De Vos, Director of Research and Investigations, Physicians for Human Rights and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, United States of America

  4. Panayote Dimitras, Founder and Spokesperson of the Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM), Greece

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

  6. Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, represented by Maciej Nowicki, Poland

  7. Dr Krassimir Kanev, Director of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC), Bulgaria

  8. Dr Ramute Remezaite, Independent lawyer and researcher – working as a legal consultant at the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), Lithuania

  9. Anne Heinisch, doctoral researcher, Human Rights Centre, Ghent University, Belgium

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.