ECtHR pilot judgment procedure
In recent years, the European Court of Human Rights has been faced with a vast backlog of cases. In 2004, the Court began to implement its ‘pilot judgment’ procedure, which highlights wide-scale, systemic human rights violations and calls on states to take general measures to remedy such problems.
Submissions regarding rules of the European Court of Human Rights on the pilot judgment procedure
On 30 June 2010, EHRAC, Amnesty International and the AIRE Centre made joint submissions to the Standing Committee on Rules of the Court in relation to the development of rules on the pilot judgment procedure.
Joint subs ECtHR rules on pilot judgments 30_6_10.pdf
The Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute at London Metropolitan University has conducted research into the application of European Court ‘pilot judgments’ and their impact within national systems. More information about this research and about a seminar on this subject hosted by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg in June 2010 can be found here.
Can the European Court’s Pilot Judgment Procedure Help Resolve Systemic Human Rights Violations? Burdov and the Failure to Implement Domestic Court Decisions in Russia
By Philip Leach, Helen Hardman and Svetlana Stephenson. This article was published in Human Rights Law Review (2010) 10(2): 346-359 and can be read (subject to access rights) here.
