The 2025 annual report from the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers was published, examining how states, including Armenia, implement judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. See the official press release below.
Statistical data on Amenia, an analysis of key trends and outstanding issues can be found on the pages 46-47 of the report, on the country page on Armenia, and a Country factsheet on Armenia.
According to the Annual report, in 2025, there was a total slight decrease in new cases (new judgments delivered by the European Court of Human Rights and forwarded to the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers for supervision) – this indicator was 921, compared to 992 in 2024.
The member states with the highest total number of new cases were:
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- Ukraine = 159
- Azerbaijan, Italy = 75
- Hungary = 70
- Türkiye = 69
- Poland = 58 [P. 143]
For Armenia, this indicator stood at 25 new cases in 2025 (as compared to 15 in 2024).
There were a total of 3,889 cases pending full implementation by member states at the end of 2025, compared to 3,916 at the end of 2024.
60.5% of the total pending cases for all 46 member states at the end of 2025 concerned the following five countries:
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- Ukraine = 904
- Türkiye = 445
- Azerbaijan = 397
- Italy = 318
- Romania = 287 [Section D.3.]
For Armenia, there were 75 cases pending full implementation in the end of 2025 (as compared to 71 in 2024).
A total of 949 cases were closed in 2025, compared to 894 cases in 2024.
The member states with the highest total number of closed cases in 2025 were:
- Romania = 146
- Hungary = 98
- Ukraine = 97
- Italy = 67
- Türkiye = 64 [Section E.3., p. 157]
For Armenia, 21 cases were closed (as compared to 14 in 2024).
The member states concerning which the most “just satisfaction” was awarded by the Court in 2025 were:
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- Romania (€69,110,059)
- Italy (€6,808,220)
- Azerbaijan (€3,893,486)
- Türkiye (€3,569,965)
- Ukraine (€3,355,045) [Section F.1., p. 160]
The European Court awarded € 646,734 of just satisfaction in cases against Armenia in 2025 (as compared to € 206 810 in 2024).
Widespread progress implementing European Court of Human Rights rulings, but challenges remain
Strasbourg, 25.03.2026 – Many countries made significant progress in implementing judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights in 2025 but a number of important challenges remain, according to the latest annual report from the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers.
The report shows that the Committee of Ministers, which is responsible for supervising the implementation of the Court’s judgments by member states, closed a total of 949 cases during the year, compared to 894 cases in 2024 (an increase of 6.2%).
The Committee notably closed 194 leading cases, which often require new laws or practices to stop similar violations recurring, compared to 161 leading cases the previous year (up 20%). Leading cases were closed concerning 37 of the Council of Europe’s 46 member states, demonstrating progress across the continent.
“In 2025, the Committee closed nearly 1,000 cases, including nearly 200 leading cases that led to more general positive changes in the member states. This is more than a statistic: it represents justice delivered and is a powerful sign of the system’s vitality and relevance,” explained the Council of Europe’s Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Gianluca Esposito.
The report specifically highlighted positive developments in Ukraine, which led to the closure of 97 cases – including 11 leading cases – in 2025, despite the difficult circumstances caused by Russia’s on-going war of aggression.
According to the report, Romania recorded the highest drop in total and leading cases pending full implementation during the year (-124 and -27 respectively). Austria, Estonia, France, Germany and Lithuania also recorded significant decreases in the number of leading cases pending.
At the same time, significant challenges to the implementation of judgments remain. These include the complexity of incoming cases, continued growth in the number of leading cases pending and the fact that over 500 leading cases have been pending for more than five years.
In the light of the increasing complexity of the pending caseload, the report underlined the strategic importance of states further increasing their domestic capacity for implementing the Court’s rulings, highlighting the positive example of Romania.
The report further underlined the on-going lack of participation and information from the Russian Federation as a major systemic obstacle. Russia was excluded from the Council of Europe in 2022, but remains legally obliged to implement relevant rulings from the Court.
Background
The Annual Report for 2025 on the Supervision of the Execution of Judgments and Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights includes country-by-country overviews including information on new cases, pending cases and cases closed for all 46 Council of Europe member states, plus an overview of the main developments during the year.
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