Resolution CM/ ResDH (2019)237 Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights Two cases against Greece

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 25 September 2019 at the 1355 th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

Application No.

Case

Judgment of

Final on

20378/13

MARTZAKLIS AND OTHERS

09/07/2015

09/10/2015

1167/15

ZABELOS AND OTHERS

17/05/2018

17/08/2018

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”),

Having regard to the final judgments transmitted by the Court to the Committee in these cases and to the violations established;

Recalling the respondent State’s obligation, under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide by all final judgments in cases to which it has been a party and that this obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required:

- of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible restitutio in integrum ; and

- of general measures preventing similar violations;

Having invited the government of the respondent State to inform the Committee of the measures taken to comply with the above-mentioned obligation;

Having examined the information provided by the government indicating the measures adopted in order to give effect to the judgments including the information provided regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see documents DH-DD(2019)741 and DH-DD(2019)749 );

Recalling that the question of the general measures required in response to t he issue of introduction of a domestic remedy to complain about conditions of detention is being examined by the Committee within the framework of the Nisiotis group of cases (No. 34704/08);

Having satisfied itself that all the measures required by Article 46, paragraph 1, have been adopted,

DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in these cases and

DECIDES to close the examination thereof.