AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Feb 24 2005

European Court of Justice receives 769 appeals from Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan forwarded 769 appeals to the European Court of Justice in
2004. 160 of them were rejected, while 357 are being considered and
16 coordinated with Azerbaijani government agencies.

No information is available on the remaining 236 appeals, according
to the head of the Council of Europe (CE) Information Office in Baku
Aytan Shirinova.
She said that Azerbaijan is represented at the Court by one lawyer,
one judge and one state agent, which seriously affects consideration
of the appeals.

Last year, Armenia sent 204 appeals to the Court, of which 43 were
rejected, while 153 are currently under scrutiny, Shirnova added.