Resolution CM/ResDH(2025)325
Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
Two cases against Bulgaria
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 7 November 2025
at the 1542nd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
Application No.
Case
Judgment of
Final on
62377/16
Delin
06/12/2018
06/12/2018
43503/08
ALEKSANDAR SABEV
19/07/2018
19/10/2018
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 the violations found on account on the lack of judicial review of the substantive grounds underlying the dismissals of the applicants, which were based on the revocation of their security clearance;
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 action reports provided by the government indicating the individual measures adopted to execute the judgments including the information provided regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see documents DH-DD(2025)1118 and DH-DD(2025)1119);
Considering that the question of individual measures was resolved, given that in the case of Delin the domestic proceedings were reopened and the order for the applicant’s dismissal was quashed; and that in the case of Aleksandar Sabev, following the Court’s judgment, the applicant did not apply for reopening of the domestic proceedings;
Recalling that the question of general measures required in response to the shortcomings found by the Court in these judgments continues to be examined within the framework of the Miryana Petrova v. Bulgaria case also in the light of the Court’s findings in these cases and that the closure of these cases therefore in no way prejudge the Committee’s evaluation of the general measures;
DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in these cases;
CONCLUDES that the necessary individual measures have been adopted;
DECIDES to continue to supervise the adoption of the necessary general measures in the case of Miryana Petrova;
DECIDES to close the examination of these cases.