Features and Status of Execution of the ECtHR Judgements in Ukraine in Terms of the European Experience
Summary: 1. Introduction. – 2. Methodology. – 3. The Main Grounds for Applying to the ECtHR in Today`s Conditions in Ukraine. – 4. Measures Adopted by The ECtHR Following the Decision and Features of Their Application in Ukraine. – 5. Features and Status of Execution of the ECtHR Judgements in Ukraine through the Prism of Foreign Experience. – 6. Conclusions.
Background. The European Court of Human Rights is an authoritative international institution, and its judgments are crucial for the protection of the rights proclaimed by the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. This article aims to analyse the state of execution of ECtHR judgments in Ukraine, the role of state authorities in this process, and the challenges of their interaction in implementing the measures prescribed by the Court.
Methods. A general analysis of selected ECtHR judgments concerning the measures applied made it possible to differentiate between the types of measures, their specific features, and their impact on both the implementation of judgments and the prevention of similar applications in the future. Using statistical methods, the article assesses the extent to which Ukraine and other states have fulfilled their obligations under the Convention, forming the basis for the final conclusions.
Results and Conclusions. The article provides a comprehensive analysis of methods for implementing ECtHR judgments, including the payment of just satisfaction, the adoption of additional individual and general measures, and the procedures applied by competent authorities at different levels. This analysis enabled an evaluation of their variability, interrelation, and effectiveness in ensuring compliance with the Convention, and most importantly, in addressing the root causes of violations to reduce the recurrence of similar applications before the ECtHR. Based on this, the article proposes improving the procedure for executing ECtHR judgments in Ukraine as a respondent state.
Abstract
Background. The European Court of Human Rights is an authoritative international institution, and its judgments are crucial for the protection of the rights proclaimed by the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. This article aims to analyse the state of execution of ECtHR judgments in Ukraine, the role of state authorities in this process, and the challenges of their interaction in implementing the measures prescribed by the Court.
Methods. A general analysis of selected ECtHR judgments concerning the measures applied made it possible to differentiate between the types of measures, their specific features, and their impact on both the implementation of judgments and the prevention of similar applications in the future. Using statistical methods, the article assesses the extent to which Ukraine and other states have fulfilled their obligations under the Convention, forming the basis for the final conclusions.
Results and Conclusions. The article provides a comprehensive analysis of methods for implementing ECtHR judgments, including the payment of just satisfaction, the adoption of additional individual and general measures, and the procedures applied by competent authorities at different levels. This analysis enabled an evaluation of their variability, interrelation, and effectiveness in ensuring compliance with the Convention, and most importantly, in addressing the root causes of violations to reduce the recurrence of similar applications before the ECtHR. Based on this, the article proposes improving the procedure for executing ECtHR judgments in Ukraine as a respondent state.
About Authors
Iryna Bondar
Dr. Sc. (Law), Associate Professor at the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9489-963X
Co-author, responsible for сonceptualization (lead); investigation (equal); writing – original draft (equal); formal analysis (equal); writing – review and editing (equal); resources (lead); methodology (supporting); project administration (supporting).
Liubov Maliarchuk*
PhD (Law), Associate Professor at the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0169-0272
Corresponding author, responsible for сonceptualization (supporting); investigation (equal); writing – original draft (equal); formal analysis (equal); writing – review and editing (equal); methodology (lead); resources (supporting); project administration (lead).
Oleksandr Snidevych
PhD (Law), Associate Professor at the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4255-3194
Co-author, responsible for іnvestigation (equal); writing – original draft (equal); writing – review and editing (equal), formal analysis (equal); supervision (lead).
Competing interests:
Although the authors serve at the same institution as the Editorin-Chief of AJEE, which may cause a potential conflict or the perception of bias, the final decisions for the publication of this article, including the choice of peer reviewers, were handled by the editor and the editorial board members, who are not affiliated with the same institution
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Copyright: © 2025 Iryna Bondar, Liubov Maliarchuk and Oleksands Snidevych. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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АНОТАЦІЯ УКРАЇНСЬКОЮ МОВОЮ
Дослідницька стаття
Ірина Бондар, Любов Малярчук* та Олександр Снідевич
ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ТА СТАН ВИКОНАННЯ РІШЕНЬ ЄСПЛ В УКРАЇНІ В УМОВАХ СЬОГОДЕННЯ ЧЕРЕЗ ПРИЗМУ ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКОГО ДОСВІДУ
Анотація
Вступ. Європейський суд з прав людини (ЄСПЛ) є авторитетною міжнародною інституцією, а його рішення мають важливе значення для захисту прав, задекларованих Конвенцією про захист прав людини і основоположних свобод. Метою статті є аналіз оцінки стану виконання рішень Європейського суду з прав людини в Україні, ролі державних органів у цьому процесі та проблем їхньої взаємодії щодо виконання вжитих ЄСПЛ заходів.
Методи. Загальний аналіз окремих рішень ЄСПЛ щодо застосованих заходів, дозволив диференціювати їх види та особливості використання, а також їхній вплив як на виконання рішень ЄСПЛ, так і на запобігання подібним зверненням у майбутньому. За результатами використання статистичних методів була здійснена оцінка стану виконання рішень ЄСПЛ Україною та іншими деражавами, а також виконання ними зобов’язань як учасниць Конвенції, що є основою остаточних висновків.
Результати та висновки. У статті проведено комплексний аналіз таких способів виконання рішень ЄСПЛ, як виплата сатисфакції, вжиття додаткових заходів індивідуального та загального характеру, а також порядок їх застосування компетентними органами на різних рівнях. Цей аналіз дозволив оцінити їхню варіативність, взаємозв’язок та ефективність для реалізації рішень ЄСПЛ, забезпечення дотримання прав задекларованих Конвенцією про захист прав людини і основоположних свобод, а головне – мінімізації першопричин їх порушення та подібних звернень до ЄСПЛ з цього приводу відповідно. У результаті були запропоновані способи покращення процедури виконання рішень ЄСПЛ Україною як країною-відповідачем.
Ключові слова: Конвенція про захист прав людини і основоположних свобод, порушення прав, сатисфакція, заходи загального характеру, заходи індивідуального характеру, держава-учасниця Конвенції, державна виконавча служба.
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Bondar I, Maliarchuk L and Snidevych O, ‘Features and Status of Execution of the ECTHR Judgements in Ukraine in Terms of the European Experience’ (2025) 8(4) Access to Justice in Eastern Europe 69-90 <https://doi.org/10.33327/AJEE-18-8.4-r000131>
