Universal-Womens-accesss-to-justice-Publications-Practitioners-Guide-Series-2016-ENG

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WOMEN’S ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 341
within 90 days from the date of completion of the
deliberations. 926 Judgments are binding on the parties. States
are bound by the treaty establishing the Court to execute the
judgment. 927 Any party may apply to the Court within twelve
months from the date of the judgment to request an
interpretation of it for the purpose of execution. 928 The Court
can review its own judgments in light of new evidence, which
was not within the knowledge of the party at the time of the
judgment, when so requested by a party. 929
III. What next? Enforcement system and
follow-up
After having obtained a judgment or opinion by an international
body establishing a violation, the applicant should be entitled to
reparation. Judicial remedies provide for enforceable
reparation: the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-
American Court of Human Rights and the African Court on
Human and Peoples’ Rights may order compensation or other
measures of reparation, with which States are obliged to
comply.
Quasi-judicial international bodies may recommend, but cannot
enforce, reparations. A good-faith application of the treaty by
State Parties entails that States should carry out the
recommendations of the competent body.
Once it has reached a final judgment, the European Court of
Human Rights transmits it to the Council of Europe
Committee of Ministers which supervises its execution. Article
46(1) ECHR states that “the High Contracting Parties undertake
926
Articles 27 and 28.1, ibid. See also, Articles 59-61, ACtHPR Rules
of Procedure.
927
Articles 28 and 30, ibid. See also, Article 61, ACtHPR Rules of
Procedure.
928
Article 28.4, ibid. See also, Article 66, ACtHPR Rules of Procedure.
929
Article 28.3, ibid. See also, Article 67, ACtHPR Rules of Procedure.