Landmark rulingHornsby v. Greece established that enforcement of a judgment is an integral part of the right to a fair trial.
In this 1997 ruling, the Strasbourg Court held that a national authority’s refusal to comply with a final domestic decision violates Article 6 § 1. The judgment cemented a principle now central to every non-enforcement claim: the right to a court would be illusory if the legal system allowed a binding decision to remain inoperative to the detriment of one party.