The execution of any court decision is an integral stage of the
justice process and, therefore, must meet the requirements of
Article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms. The ECHR, in its judgment of 19.03.1997 in
the case of Hornsby v. Greece, stated that the execution of a
judgment rendered by any court should be regarded as an integral
part of the trial. At the same time, judicial protection, as well
as the activities of the court, cannot be considered effective if
court decisions are not enforced or are enforced improperly and
without the court's control over their execution.
In the judgment of the ECHR of 18.05.2004 in the case of Prodan
v. Moldova, the Court emphasized that the right to a fair trial
guaranteed by the Convention would be an illusion if the legal
system of the states that have ratified the Convention allows a
final, binding judgment to remain unenforced, causing prejudice to
one of the parties.
