Do other countries ignore European Court of Human Rights judgments?

The European Implementation Network (EIN) keeps track of Member States’ records of implementing judgments from the ECtHR. The UK has yet to implement 8 leading judgments, which is comparable to countries like Germany (10), Switzerland (9) and Latvia (8). Some countries have considerably less pending, like Ireland (2), Norway (1) and Sweden (1), while others have considerably more, like Turkey (124) and Romania (115). The fact that judgments haven’t yet been implemented doesn’t necessarily mean they have been ignored – the EIN recognises that significant judgments are hard to implement because they often require legal changes and in many cases reform is ongoing. However, it also urges Member States to recognise the human impact of delays in implementing changes.