PRE-DEFINED PROJECT NO. 3 “STRENGTHENING OF DOMESTIC REMEDIES TO ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND THE CAPACITY FOR THE EXECUTION OF JUDGMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS” 25 – 26 June 2015 Cooperation Committee, Sofia

Target groups: Legal practitioners, Magistrates, Attorneys, Lawyers, State officials and NGOs State employees – Government agents, Legal experts in the MoJ and other authorities Partnership: Grant: ,00 Euro GENERAL INFORMATION Main goal: Strengthening of the domestic capacity for the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

A proposal for legal amendments Outcome and Results Analysis of the legislation – status quo A Mechanism for preliminary review of draft legislation Analysis and recommendations of the effectiveness of the administrative compensation mechanism for excessive length of proceedings Activities

Human Rights Portal of the Public Sector HUDOC Training to use the Portal Acknowledgement and accessibility of the Court’s case-law Outcome and Results Activities

Translation of the Court’s case law An electronic newsletter with summaries and comments on recent judgments against Bulgaria Outcome and Results Activities Acknowledgement and accessibility of the Court’s case-law

Training materials: For state officials, non-lawyers “Toolkit to inform Public Official about the Stat`s Obligations under the Convention” For legal practitioners “Law of the European Convention on Human Rights” by Harris, O'Boyle & Warbrick, Oxford University Press Outcome and Results Acknowledgement and accessibility of the Court’s case-law Activities

A study visit to the Grand Camber of the Court in Strasbourg Practical trainings and seminars A good practices collection and analysis A long-term secondment to the Court Participation of legal experts of Council of Europe’s initiatives Capacity building Outcome and Results Activities

Achievements: Legislation proposal; Clearing of the ECHR’s backlog; “Law of the European Convention on Human Rights” by Harris, O’Boyle and Warbrick, 2014; CoE’s ‘Тoolkit to inform public officials about the State’s obligations under the Convention’; Good practiced of Government Agent Offices studied; Improved capacity of government agents; CoE’s work facilitated through participations of government agents; Access to ECtHR’s case law against Bulgaria - e-Bulletin and translation of judgements in Bulgarian; Open issues: Development of a Bulgarian Human Rights e-Portal (synergy with PDP 1); Analysis on the effectiveness of the administrative mechanism for compensation pertaining to ECtHR’s judgments.