Resolution CM/ResDH(2022)248

Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

Five cases against Croatia

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 22 September 2022 at the 1443 rd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

Application No.

Case

Judgment of

Final on

16212/08

SKENDZIĆ AND KRZNARIĆ

20/01/2011

20/04/2011

20106/06

JULARIĆ

20/01/2011

20/04/2011

57856/11

JELIĆ

12/06/2014

13/10/2014

71593/11

B. AND OTHERS

18/06/2015

19/10/2015

50175/12

M. AND OTHERS

02/05/2017

13/11/2017

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 of the right to life on account of the lack of effective investigations into war crimes committed during the Croatian Homeland War (1991-1995) against the applicants’ next-of-kin (violations of Article 2 in its procedural limb);

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;

Recalling that the individual measures were closed by the Committee of Ministers at its 1348 th meeting (June 2019) (DH);

Having examined the action report provided by the government indicating the general measures adopted to give effect to the judgments (see document DH-DD(2021)1319 );

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.