Resolution CM/ResDH(2025)196
Execution of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights
Lapsa against Latvia
 
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 3 September 2025
at the 1535th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
 
Application No.
Case
Judgment of
Final on
57444/19
lapsa
20/10/2022
20/10/2022
 
The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”);
 
Having regard to the final judgment transmitted by the Court to the Committee in this case and to the violation established;
 
Recalling the respondent State’s obligation, under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide by all final judgments in cases to which it has been a party and that this obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required:
 
-          of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible restitutio in integrum; and
-          of general measures preventing similar violations;
 
Having invited the government of the respondent State to inform the Committee of the measures taken to comply with the above-mentioned obligation;
 
Having examined the action report provided by the government, indicating the measures adopted in order to give effect to the judgment including the information provided regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see document DH-DD(2024)928);
 
Considering that the question of individual measures was resolved in this case, given that the just satisfaction has been paid to the applicant and the domestic proceedings at issue could have been reopened at her request, but she did not avail herself of this possibility;
 
Noting with satisfaction the wide range of measures adopted by the Latvian authorities to address the problem of excessively long proceedings thus preventing similar violations;
 
Expressing its expectation and confidence that the Latvian authorities will continue closely monitoring the situation and rapidly carry out all the interventions which may become necessary to preserve and further increase the positive results achieved, in particular as regards proceedings for medical negligence;
 
Having satisfied itself that all the measures required by Article 46, paragraph 1, have been adopted,
 
DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in this case and
 
DECIDES to close the examination thereof.