Respecting and implementing court judgments is a basic test of any state’s commitment to the rule of law. In Europe, this applies with particular force to the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which safeguard fundamental rights and the integrity of the European legal order.
This fourth edition of Justice Delayed and Justice Denied examines how EU member states implement the judgments of Europe’s two apex courts. Across much of the EU, the gap between legal victories before European courts and real-world change is widening. Non-implementation, partial implementation, and protracted delays are not isolated anomalies but entrenched patterns in several member states.
