Effectiveness of the European Court of Human rights’ judgments in Poland – normative and practical aspects

Abstract

The main purpose of this Article is to present in a systematic way the problem of execution of the ECtHR judgments in Poland. As the ways of the above­mentioned procedure can vary in States Parties to the ECHR (due to the principle of subsidiarity) some of the Polish specialties in this regard are exposed. The analyses concern both the normative and prac­tical background. Despite quite satisfactory solutions Poland still needs more co­operative organizational model as well as the legal precision of the status of the ECtHR judgments at the domestic level. For sure a proper and consequent co­ordination of the institution involved in the execution procedure together with some more legislative precision will improve the present situation in this regard.