Resolution CM/ResDH(2022)390
Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
Six cases against Greece
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 14 December 2022
at the 1452nd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
Application No.
Case
Judgment of
Final on
27695/03
SERIFIS
02/11/2006
02/02/2007
39780/06
KOTSAFTIS
12/06/2008
12/09/2008
1033/07
XIROS
09/09/2010
21/02/2011
16906/10
LIARTIS
10/05/2012
10/08/2012
29896/13
LAVRENTIADIS
22/09/2015
22/12/2015
12863/14
MEKRAS
09/06/2016
09/09/2016
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, mainly on account of shortcomings in providing proper medical care to the applicants while in detention as well as the lack of an effective remedy by which they could complain about the alleged shortcomings in their medical treatment;
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 report provided by the government indicating the measures adopted to give effect to the judgments including the information provided regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see document DH-DD(2022)1348);
Noting that the closure of these cases, in no way prejudges the Committee’s evaluation of the general measures concerning effective remedies required within the framework of the Nisiotis group of cases;
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.