European Implementation Network

📚 EIN is back with its second Civil Society Briefing of 2026 taking place this Friday!

What are the EIN’s briefings?

A unique space for dialogue between representatives of Council of Europe Member States and civil society on key human rights cases. They give delegates the chance to hear directly from human rights defenders and take these insights back to their capitals, helping to shape stronger discussions and decisions at the Committee of Ministers’ Human Rights meetings.

⚖️ The following cases will be presented at the upcoming briefing:

1️⃣ 𝘛.𝘔. 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊.𝘔. 𝘷. 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘰𝘷𝘢 group of cases, by Violeta Andriuța, Attorney at Law, speaking on behalf of the Roma Women’s Platform ‘ROMNI’;

2️⃣ 𝘈𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪, 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘶 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱, 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘶 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱, 𝘕. 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱, 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘶 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘷. 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢, by Elena Georgiana Pascu, Co-founder, Advocate for Dignity – Centre for Monitoring and Social Justice

3️⃣ 𝘓𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘯𝘢 𝘷. 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺, by Nicolleta Velardocchia, Legal Expert, speaking on behalf of StraLi for strategic litigation;

4️⃣ 𝘝𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘶 𝘷. 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘶𝘮 group of cases, by Bart Temmerman, Board Member, Conseil central de surveillance pénitentiaire.

📢 A blog post with key takeaways will follow the briefing. Stay tuned! 👀

📣 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔 — 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬. Cyprus now holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU and with it, a chance to turn court rulings into real change.

The reality is concerning:
1️⃣ Nearly half of ECtHR leading judgments in the EU remain unimplemented;
2️⃣ Over one-third of CJEU rulings are not fully complied with;
3️⃣ Delays are increasing, especially in politically sensitive areas;
4️⃣ Courts are often the last line of defence for fundamental rights, but their impact depends on political will.

Today, together with Democracy Reporting International and alongside 60+ civil society organisations, we sent a joint letter to Cyprus. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐤? 𝑈𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑓𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝐴𝑓𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑎𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐸𝑈 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒.

Read our letter and check out all the organisations that joined us: https://www.einnetwork.org/blog-five/60-eu-civil-society-organisations-and-nhris-calls-on-the-cypriot-presidency-of-the-council-of-the-eu-to-act-european-courts-judgments-enforcement

If you have ever wondered how EU governments respond to binding judgments from the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights, our Justice Delayed and Justice Denied report has the answer:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55815c4fe4b077ee5306577f/t/69b81bbabceba8339a6ce2a3/1773673402680/2025_Report_Justice_Delayed-Justice_Denied.pdf

EU Civil Society Organisations and NHRIs Calls EU to Act on European Courts Judgments Enforcement — European Implementation Network On 26 March 2026, a broad coalition of 63 civil society organisations and NHRIs addressed a joint letter to the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the EU, urging renewed political commitment to one of the European Union’s most fundamental pillars: the rule of law.

📚 Last Friday, the EIN held in Strasbourg the latest civil society briefing for the Permanent Representations to the Council of Europe ahead of the 1553rd Committee of Ministers Human Rights Meeting, scheduled for 9th-11th March 2026.

The briefing focused on the following cases:
1️⃣ 𝑇𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑑𝑧𝑒 𝑣. 𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑎 group of cases, by Tamar Abazadze, Head of Analytical Department, Public Defender’s Office of Georgia;

2️⃣ 𝐴𝑙𝑘ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑏 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑣. 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑒 group of cases, by Minos Mouzourakis, Legal and Advocacy Officer, Refugee Support Aegean (RSA);

3️⃣ 𝐾𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑣. 𝑈𝑘𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒 group of cases, by Hugues De Suremain, Legal Director, European Prison Litigation Network (EPLN).

🔗 Read our blogpost to learn more about the implementation status of these cases and the full recommendations formulated by civil society to the CM: https://www.einnetwork.org/blog-five/ein-civil-society-briefing-february-2026-georgia-greece-and-ukraine

📚 Spring is coming (or so in Strasbourg), and EIN is back with our first Civil Society Briefing of 2026 taking place this Friday!

What are the EIN’s briefings?

A unique space for dialogue between representatives of Council of Europe Member States and civil society on key human rights cases. They give delegates the chance to hear directly from human rights defenders and take these insights back to their capitals, helping to shape stronger discussions and decisions at the Committee of Ministers’ Human Rights meetings.

⚖️ The following cases will be presented at the upcoming briefing:

1️⃣ 𝑇𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑑𝑧𝑒 𝑣. 𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑎 group of cases, by Tamar Abazadze, Head of Analytical Department, Public Defender’s Office of Georgia;

More info: https://hudoc.exec.coe.int/?i=004-5830

2️⃣ 𝐴𝑙𝑘ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑏 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑣. 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑒 group of cases, by Minos Mouzourakis, Legal and Advocacy Officer, Refugee Support Aegean (RSA)

More info: https://hudoc.exec.coe.int/?i=004-65687

3️⃣ 𝐾𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑣. 𝑈𝑘𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒 group of cases, by Hugues de Suremain, Legal Director, EPLN - European Prison Litigation Network.

More info: https://hudoc.exec.coe.int/?i=004-32113

📢 A blog post with key takeaways will follow the briefing. Stay tuned! 👀

🔔 Late January, EIN held its annual General Assembly. The meeting, which was attended by close to 30 of EIN's members adopted key documents to the life of the network, among which:

1️⃣ EIN 2024 annual accounts
2️⃣ EIN 2024 annual activity report

🗳️ This General Assembly was also the occasion to renew part of EIN's Board. Several members were (re-)elected to the Board, with a view to appoint the new EIN Bureau in the upcoming weeks (stay tuned!).

Finally, this meeting was an opportunity for our members to take stock of the full range of activities implemented in 2024:

▪️ 𝟐𝟎𝟎+ 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝟗 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 in 2024 that benefited from a form of support from EIN, including 50+ draft Rule 9.2 submissions reviewed;

▪️ 𝟓 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 to the Committee of Ministers on a total of 20 leading cases pending implementation;

▪️𝟏𝟓𝟎+ 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 to support the implementation of ECtHR judgments, including civil society actors, legal professionals, and students;

▪️𝟑 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 with our partners on Freedom of Expression, the Rule of Law, and the Independence of the Judiciary.

➡️ Meet the elected Board members: https://www.einnetwork.org/blog-five/2026/2/5/ein-january-2026-general-assembly

To learn more about our activities and impact in 2024, read our annual report below 👇

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