ONRIGHTS

The problem

Winning a judgment isn't the same as getting paid.

Across Europe, companies and individuals hold final rulings against public bodies that are simply never enforced. The debt is recognised by a court. The money never arrives. It stops being an administrative delay and becomes a breached right — and breached rights have a court.

What we do

We recover millions locked in unenforced rulings.

We act for creditors of public bodies when domestic enforcement has failed, taking the claim to the European Court of Human Rights.

Public debt claim

We pursue the unpaid debt before the debtor body until it is recognised in an enforceable title in your name.

Claim before the ECHR

We take your unenforced ruling to Strasbourg, where the State answers for what its bodies do not pay.

Enforcement against the State

We turn the European ruling into payment: an enforceable title against the State, and attachment if it comes to that.

Claim assessment

We assess your claim and tell you whether it is actionable, through which route, and what documentation is missing.

Portfolios and assigned claims

If you buy or service assigned public-sector credit: we verify title and claim in blocks.

End-to-end management

We handle everything, from the first missed invoice to the money landing in your account.

The process

How a claim reaches Strasbourg.

  1. 01

    Review

    We confirm you hold a final ruling that a public body has failed to enforce, and assess whether the case is admissible before the ECHR.

    Unenforced
  2. 02

    Strasbourg

    We file the claim before the European Court of Human Rights, on the grounds that an unpaid recognised debt breaches the right to property and a fair trial.

    FiledArt. 6 § 1 · Art. 1 P1
  3. 03

    Outcome

    Where the Court rules in favour, the State is held responsible for the debt left unpaid by its own bodies.

    The State answers

For every kind of creditor

Who we act for

Specialised support for recovering debts owed by public bodies, through the European Court of Human Rights.

Suppliers

Companies owed by public administrations under unpaid contracts.

Contracts · Procurement · Invoices

Public-sector employees

Recover unpaid salaries, severance and contractual benefits, protected under European case law.

Back pay · Severance · Allowances · Contractual benefits

Service companies

Operators of local public services: recover debts for essential services delivered.

Waste management · Public transport · Maintenance · Utilities

Banks and credit institutions

Financial creditors with enforceable rulings against public bodies left unpaid.

Loans · Guarantees · Receivables

SPVs and credit funds

Vehicles holding portfolios of unenforced public-sector receivables.

Portfolios · Securitisation · NPL recovery

Landmark ruling · Strasbourg

Hornsby v. Greece established that enforcement of a judgment is an integral part of the right to a fair trial.

Read the analysis

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 ONRIGHTS case: 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.

Hornsby v. GreeceEuropean Court of Human Rights · 19 March 1997

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