Bayr told the TR724 news website that ensuring the full execution of ECtHR rulings would be among her top priorities, with Turkey-related cases high on her agenda. The long-running case of Kavala has become emblematic of Turkey’s failure to comply with ECtHR judgments. Jailed since 2017, Kavala is serving a life sentence despite a 2019 ECtHR judgment ordering his release. He was acquitted in 2020 but rearrested the same day and sentenced in 2022, with Turkish courts upholding the verdict. “Because I think that’s really one of the issues, that there is a blockade that shouldn’t be there,” Bayr said.