ECOWAS Court received 775 cases in 24 years – Deputy Registrar

  The ECOWAS Court of Justice has received a total of 775 cases since its establishment, Mr Gaye Sowe, Deputy Chief Registrar of the Court, disclosed. The ECOWAS Court of Justice was formally established in 1991 by a Protocol, though it only became operational in January 2001 when its pioneer judges were sworn in. Rolling […]

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has received a total of 775 cases since its establishment, Mr Gaye Sowe, Deputy Chief Registrar of the Court, disclosed.
The ECOWAS Court of Justice was formally established in 1991 by a Protocol, though it only became operational in January 2001 when its pioneer judges were sworn in.
Rolling out the statistics on cases and judgments implementation during the commemoration of World Human Rights Day by the Court in Abuja on Wednesday, Sowe said the total number of cases filed, excluding the AES countries, stands at 702.
“Total number of judgments delivered with the AES countries is 492, and without the AES, we have 419.
“The total number of pending cases, we have a total of 136. And out of the 419 judgments involving AES countries, we have a total of 192 that are enforceable,” he added.
Nigeria leads in the country-by-country analysis, with a total of 125 cases. Out of the 125 cases, 67 were dismissed, 10 were enforced, and 48 were yet to be enforced.
Speaking at the event, the ECOWAS Court of Justice President, Justice Ricardo Goncalves, said the Court is concerned that Member States have yet to implement most of its judgments, stressing that without effective and total implementation of the Court’s judgments, the promise of human rights protection offered by the 2005 Supplementary Protocol becomes a mirage.