On 19 March 2025, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe published its annual report on the supervision of the execution of judgments and decisions of the ECtHR in 2024. The report includes country-by-country information on new cases, pending cases and cases closed for all 46 Council of Europe member states as well as an overview of the main trends and challenges and the Committee's Department for the Execution of ECtHR Judgments (DEJ) activities in cooperation, assistance and dialogue during the year.

The Committee of Ministers stressed that 2024 was a year with special significance, as the Council of Europe celebrated its 75th anniversary. One of the key achievements in the three-quarters of a century since its founding is the extraordinary contribution of the system established by the European Convention on Human Rights to the protection and promotion of human rights and the rule of law in Europe, as well as its central role in the maintenance and promotion of democratic security and peace throughout the continent. According to the report, this is needed now more than ever.

The report highlights that Ukraine continued to actively engage in the implementation of ECtHR judgments in 2024 (resulting in the closure of 75 cases) despite considerable challenges caused by Russia’s on-going war of aggression. The key figures of the 2024 annual report include:

• 992 cases were transferred from the ECtHR to the Committee of Ministers for supervision;
• 194 of the 992 cases were “leading” cases that regularly require action to be taken by the CoE member states to prevent the same violations happening again;
• 798 of the 992 cases were repetitive cases, based on known problems that had already been identified by the Court;
• A total of 894 cases were closed by the Committee of Ministers during 2024, including 161 leading cases and 733 repetitive cases;
• At the end of 2024, a total of 3,916 cases were pending full implementation, including 1,149 leading cases and 2,767 repetitive cases.

The Committee of Ministers also reported on the implementation of the 2023 Reykjavik Declaration in which the heads of state and government of the CoE member states recommitted to resolving the systemic and structural human rights problems identified by the ECtHR and underlined the fundamental importance of the full, effective and prompt execution of the Court’s judgments and the effective supervision of that process to ensure the long-term sustainability, integrity and credibility of the Convention system. They also emphasised the need for a co-operative and inclusive approach, based on dialogue, in the supervision process to assist states and overcome the challenges and obstacles encountered.