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Khanlar Hajiyev: â€œEuropean Court is expected to pass judgment concerning 40 appeals on Azerbaijanâ€

11 December 2008 10:14 (UTC +04:00)

He said that half of the appeals had been made by Armenians with Azerbaijani citizenship. Khanlar Hajiyev said the appeals sent from Azerbaijan were different.
â€œMost of them are about the mistakes made in trials. There are appeals concerning non-execution of court decisions, violations in parliamentary elections and property,â€ he said.
Khanlar Hajiyev said the European Court had passed 16 judgments on Azerbaijan.
â€œAs the number of the lawyers receiving appeals on Azerbaijan has been increased, more cases will be considered. The court is expected to pass judgment in connection with 40 appeals on Azerbaijan,â€ he said.
Khanlar Hajiyev said the European Court had several appeals in connection with IDPs from Nagorno Karabakh.
â€œOne of them is connected with 6 Azerbaijanis from Lachin region. Two of them are complaints concerning Armenians. The process will continue. It requires time. It is difficult to say what judgment the court will pass. Such decisions of the court are called pilot judgments. Such judgments may be followed by a number of complaints. Thatâ€™s why they are careful in passing such judgments. On the other hand the problem has a
political side. Therefore there is no position on this issue yet,â€ he said.
Khanlar Hajiyev noted that the European Court was not a political organization and could not solve Karabakh problem.
â€œThe court can consider the issues concerning the property and other rights of the people displaced from Nagorno Karabakh. But such appeals must be made individually,â€ he said.