Resolution CM/ResDH(2025)257
Execution of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights
Muso (No. 1) against Italy
 
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 17 September 2025
at the 1537th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
 
 
Application No.
Case
Judgment of
Final on
40969/98
MUSO (no. 1)
14/12/1999
14/03/2000
 
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 of Article 6, paragraph 1, of the Convention established on account of the excessive length of the proceedings brought by the applicant before civil courts, including enforcement proceedings;
 
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 information provided by the government indicating the individual and general measures adopted to execute the judgment, including the information regarding the payment of the just satisfaction awarded by the Court (see documents DH-DD(2017)1131-rev; DH-DD(2025)754);
 
Noting with satisfaction the substantial progress achieved in terms of backlog clearance and disposition time of civil proceedings, including with regard to the reduction of the average length of enforcement proceedings, and the promising prospects of further progress;
 
Recalling that the question of the consolidation of the positive results achieved concerning the issue of the excessive length of civil proceedings continues to be examined within the framework of the Trapani v. Italy case;
 
DECLARES that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in this case;
 
DECIDES to close the examination thereof.