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European Union draws PKK out of terrorist list

03 April 2008 13:16 (UTC +04:00)

APA quotes the Associated Press, the court passed the decision on the appeal of PKK leader Abdullah Ojalanâ€™s brother Osman Ojalan. The Court considered the decision as a contrary to the EU laws. Osman Ojalanâ€™s appeal was rejected on February 15, 2005 and he was told that he had no authority to represent PKK. However after the appeal of this decision, the case was reviewed again and the decision passed in 2002 was disaffirmed because of contrariness to the EU laws.
EU Court was established in 1958 and each member country is represented there by one judge and 8 lawyers. They are elected for 6 years and a half of courtâ€™s staff is changed every three years. The Court is regulating conflicts between EU and member countries, individuals and personalities, as well as between the member countries. It is also releasing opinion on the EU-joined international agreements and responding the appeals of national courts on coordination of EU normative legal acts and EU agreements. The Court decisions are obligatory for the member countries. According to the Maastricht treaty, the countries not implemented the court decisions are fined. The EU Court does not relate to the Strasbourg-based European Human Rights Court.