European Implementation Network

📚Last Friday, the EIN held in Strasbourg the latest civil society briefing for the Permanent Representations to the Council of Europe ahead of the 1563rd Committee of Ministers Human Rights Meeting, scheduled for 9th-11th June 2026.

The briefing focused on the following cases:

1️⃣ Vasilescu v. Belgium group of cases, by Bart De Temmerman, Board Member, Conseil central de surveillance pénitentiaire;

2️⃣ Lavorgna v. Italy, by Nicolleta Velardocchia, Legal Expert, speaking on behalf of StraLi for Strategic Litigation;

3️⃣ 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’;

4️⃣ Atudorei, Centre for legal resources Valentin Campeanu group, Cristian Teodorescu group, N. group, Parascineti and Ticu group v. Romania, by Georgiana Pascu, Co-founder, Advocate for Dignity – Centre for Monitoring and Social Justice.

🔗 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-may-2026-belgium-italy-republic-of-moldova-and-romania

EIN Civil Society Briefing May 2026 – Belgium, Italy, Republic of Moldova and Romania — European Implementation Network On May 29th, 2026, EIN held its latest civil society briefing for Permanent Representations of the Council of Europe, ahead of the 1563rd Committee of Ministers Human Rights Meeting which will be held from 9th to 11th June 2026.

The 𝐄𝐔 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬, and the numbers prove it.

📌 93% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 from previous years, which means that 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦;
📌 650 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐂𝐭𝐇𝐑 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 protecting people's rights remain 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 across EU countries;
📌 On average, these judgments have been 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 5 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.

Behind these figures are real people, individuals and communities who have yet to receive full redress, and others who remain at risk of enduring the same injustices.

📝 On 29 April, the European Parliament voted loud and clear: the 𝐄𝐔 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬. Member states must back their commitment to the rule of law with concrete action, and the European Commission can no longer turn a blind eye to the failure of certain member states to uphold the rule of law, and must use the tools at its disposal with real decisiveness.

➡️ Read more on our take on what this vote means and what must happen next: https://www.einnetwork.org/blog-five/rule-of-law-crisis-eu-parliament-calls-on-the-commission-and-member-states-to-take-action-without-further-delay

EU Parliament calls on the Commission and member states to take action without further delay — European Implementation Network On 29 April 2026, the European Parliament adopted its response to the European Commission's 2025 Rule of Law Report, sending a clear and broadly-supported message — with 387 votes in favour, 191 against, 46 abstentions — that the European Union can no longer afford to treat rule of law complianc...

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Civil society plays a crucial role in ensuring that legal victories do not remain confined to courtrooms. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒋𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍?

Our latest blogpost explores how sustained advocacy and the work of civil society actors helped turn a legal victory in Strasbourg into a major legislative development in Romania: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰.

It is a powerful that while courts’ judgments carry legal weight, they do not possess a transformative power on their own but are rather a vehicle whose capacity to drive systemic change often depends on the resilience of civil society, particularly where political will is limited.

➡️ Read the full story here and share it with your network: https://www.einnetwork.org/blog-five/from-strasbourg-to-bucharest-how-civil-society-turned-a-legal-victory-into-romanias-femicide-law

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From Strasbourg to Bucharest: How civil society turned a legal victory into Romania's femicide law — European Implementation Network On 23 April 2026, nine years after the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) condemned Romania's inaction in addressing domestic violence in Bălșan v. Romania, the country has enacted a landmark legislation on preventing and combating femicide.

📣 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲: 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬

The European Implementation Network (EIN) is looking for an expert to review (and refine) the quantitative methodology behind its flagship report on the (Non-) Implementation of European Court of Human Rights Judgments and the Rule of Law.

This is your chance to contribute to a unique civil society-led initiative analysing human rights compliance, ensuring that the data driving our advocacy continue to reflect, with the highest level of objectivity and accuracy possible, the reality of the legal and policy contexts that shape the implementation landscape.

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫:
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮:
🔹Work with EIN, a Europe-wide civil society network;
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🔹Help improve how quantitative data drive advocacy, policy, and change.

⏳ Timeline: ~1 week (full-time) or 2 weeks (part-time), with 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒖𝒆 𝒃𝒚 10 𝑨𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒍 2026.

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