Effective processing and resolution of cases relating to state disputes
An increasing number of inter-State applications have been brought before the European Court of Human Rights recent years. As they often relate to conflict situations, the Court is faced with challenges regarding the establishment of facts and various complex legal issues. The situation is compounded by the fact that around 11 000 individual applications related to inter-State applications are also pending before the Court. Moreover, numerous challenges appear when it comes to the execution of the Court’s judgments in cases related to inter-State disputes.
These issues were discussed in the Conference “’Inter-State cases under the European Convention on Human Rights” organised by the German Presidency of the Committee of
Ministers in co-operation with the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) on 12 and 13 April 2021. The Conference provided food for thought to the
ongoing work of the CDDH on the effective processing and resolution of cases relating to inter-State disputes. This document contains the interventions of the high-level speakers and experts in various panels of the Conference.