The domestic implementation of international human rights judgments is considered an essential aspect to assess the effectiveness of regional human rights courts. Both at the Inter-American and European level experts have been debating for years on alternatives to improve the level of compliance with these judgments and devise tools to enhance state engagement in the process. The speakers in this panel, with extensive experience in the regional human rights systems, will explore the scope of the notion of “implementation” and evaluate whether additional levels of impacts can be identified in the process of enforcing compliance and redressing victims.

Mikael Madsen, Professor and Director of iCourts, University of Copenhagen
Viviana Krsticevic, Executive Director, Center for Justice and International Law
Eduardo Ferrer-MacGregor, President, Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Moderator: Fernanda Nicola, Professor of Law and Director of the Law and Development Program, American University Washington College of Law