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On 11 June 2015, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe issued a decision concerning the monitoring procedure of the judgment on Catan and others v. Moldova and Russia. According to the findings of the Committee of Ministers, Russia failed to present a plan of action in order to enforce the judgment on the case of Latin-script schools from the Transnistrian region, totally ignoring the ordered payment obligations.

We recall that on 25 September 2014, the same institution established the date of 1 November 2014, as the deadline by which the Russian Government shall provide all information concerning the actions of enforcement of the judgment of the Strasbourg Court.

The Russian Federation still remains responsible to ensure the operation of Latin-script schools in Transnistria, and must submit evidence of payment for compensation until 28 August 2015. The total amount of compensation as moral damages constitute 1 million and twenty thousand Euros and 50 thousand Euros are counted as representation cost.

The Committee of Ministers has requested the Secretariat to prepare an interim resolution text on this case, if these conditions are not met.

According to Human Rights Program Director, Alexander Postica, the secessionist government that has the tacit consent of the Russian authorities conduct a fierce campaign of denigration against these educational institutions. The purpose of these actions is to determine parents not to enroll their children in these institutions. Moreover, significant obstacles are mounted in order to hinder the technical equipment of these institutions.

For more details, contact: Alexandru Postica, Program Director of Promo-LEX Association, Attorney. tel: (22) 450024, GSM: 069104851, e-mail: [email protected]