Resolution CM/ResDH(2021)230
Execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
Three cases against Greece
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 13 October 2021
at the 1414th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
Application No.
Case
Judgment of
Final on
18106/12
VASILOPOULOS
28/05/2020
28/05/2020
5710/12
DI.M.
28/05/2020
28/05/2020
8744/14
MICHALAKIS
04/06/2020
04/06/2020
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 on account of the authorities’ non-compliance with the judgments rendered by the Court of Audit concerning the applicants’ pension readjustment claims (violations of Article 6, paragraph 1, and of Article 1 of Protocol No 1) and the absence of an effective domestic remedy in this respect (violation of Article 13 in the Vasilopoulos case);
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(2020)1141);
Recalling that that the general measures in response to the violation of Article 13, concerning the effective remedy aimed at ensuring enforcement of domestic judgments are examined in the context of the execution of the Beka Koulocheri 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.