For more than seven decades, the two European regional courts – the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) – have been setting out comprehensive, pan-European standards for effectively upholding the continent’s constitutional values of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
This study aims to highlight the issue of non-implementation, present data showcasing how EU member states perform on implementation, highlight key judgments that are not being followed, and issue recommendations aimed at national authorities, as well as EU and Council of Europe bodies.
The report summarises the current state of play with non-implementation, and includes recommendations aimed at key stakeholders towards improving the situation and pushing back against damage to the rule of law in Europe.
