Over 13% of complaints received by Azerbaijani ombudsman related to courts

Over 13% of complaints, sent to the ombudsman last year were related to violating the right to judicial protection of human rights and freedoms, the report for 2010 submitted to the Azerbaijani parliament by Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova said.

Roughly 116 complaints received by the Ombudsman in this area, are related to the Supreme Court, 255 to the appellate courts, 923 to the courts of first instance.

The European Court of Human Rights adopted 40 decisions on Azerbaijan, 16 of which were issued last year, the report said.

Ombudsman received 11,660 complaints in 2010, or 32.5 percent more compared to 2009.


/Trend/