The Financial Courtroom of Justice has obtained a complete of 678 circumstances from Member States since its creation.
It additionally dominated on 402.
The ECOWAS Courtroom was established in 2001 to uphold and apply the ideas of fairness within the interpretation and software of the provisions of the Revised Treaty, along with different authorized devices adopted by the Member States.
The courtroom is positioned within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
In response to a report from the Registry Division of the Courtroom, which was noticed by our correspondent on Friday, the courtroom has performed a complete of 1,440 proceedings since 2001 and there are a complete of 168 pending circumstances.
The report learn partly: “Since its inception in 2001, the Courtroom has delivered 402 judgments in a complete of 678 circumstances filed throughout the identical interval.
“The statistics additionally point out that since its creation, the Courtroom has performed 1,440 judicial proceedings and issued 29 selections on 41 purposes for assessment of judgments submitted, whereas 168 circumstances, together with these filed in early 2024, are at present pending earlier than the Courtroom. ”
The report additionally notes that the courtroom issued 59 rulings in 2023, 5 rulings, which was a rise in comparison with 2021 and 2021, when 41 rulings had been issued.
“In 2023, 64 selections had been delivered, consisting of 59 judgments and 5 judgments, a exceptional progress in comparison with the 41 judgments delivered consecutively in 2022 and 2021. That is the very best variety of judgments in a 12 months for the reason that Courtroom was established in 2001.
The opposite indices are additionally encouraging as we have now managed to cut back the variety of pending circumstances to 165 on the finish of 2023, in comparison with 180 on the finish of 2022,” the report stated.
Nonetheless, Courtroom President Edward Amoako Asante has instructed employees to brace for an anticipated enhance within the variety of human rights circumstances that may be introduced earlier than the Courtroom following unrest within the sub-region, together with coup makes an attempt in member states.
He expressed optimism that the Courtroom will exceptionally fulfill its mandate in 2024, given the current extra recruitments and promotions to extend the Courtroom's productiveness and efficiency.
The courtroom resumed its actions on January 8, 2024, after the end-of-year break, and can start hearings on January 29, 2024.
