• Number of leading judgments pending implementation: 46

  • Average time leading cases have been pending: 5 years and 5 months

  • Percentage of leading cases from the last 10 years still pending: 51%

Percentage of leading cases from the last 10 years still pending

 

Case example(s)

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Access to Legal Abortion: P. and S. v. Poland 

The Court found that, even though abortion was legal under Polish law, the victim’s access to abortion was hampered because the authorities did not comply with their obligations to enforce it in practical terms.

It has been 7 years since the judgment was made final and practical, as well as legal, deficits remain outstanding as made clear by NGOs closely following the status of implementation.

Despite a CM decision dating back to September 2018 that calls on the authorities to adopt a viable system for effective access to legal abortion, authorities are yet to put in place tangible measures to address systemic barriers and the lack of remedial and enforcement mechanisms in case of a lack of access to legal reproductive health services.

Polish Journalists, Editors and Politicians vulnerable to draconian defamation law
Polish Journalists, Editors and Politicians vulnerable to draconian defamation law

The ECtHR has found that on numerous occasions Polish courts have issued unreasonable criminal convictions for journalists and others. This risks a chilling effect to silence public discourse in the country. The first case highlighting this problem dates back to 2010.

Useful links

Sources of Statistics: Council of Europe Annual Reports on the Implementation of Judgments and HUDOC EXEC. Statistics as of January 2024.