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Mr. MacShane
The information requested is as follows.
- (a) 30,828 applications were received in 2002 by the European Court of Human Rights;
- (b) 18,765 cases were dealt with in the same year (844 judgments, 17,349 applications declared inadmissible, and 530 applications struck off).
A breakdown of how many and what percentage of the total relate to each Council of Europe member state is as follows:
| Applications received |
| State |
Applications 2002 |
Percentage of cases per member state |
| Albania |
19 |
0.061 |
| Andorra |
— |
|
| Armenia |
21 |
0.068 |
| Austria |
400 |
1.297 |
| Azerbaijan |
123 |
0.398 |
| Belgium |
247 |
0.801 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
32 |
0.103 |
| Bulgaria |
588 |
1.907 |
| Croatia |
757 |
2.455 |
| Cyprus |
37 |
0.12 |
| Czech Republic |
465 |
1.508 |
| Denmark |
120 |
0.389 |
| Estonia |
104 |
0.337 |
| Finland |
222 |
0.72 |
| France |
2,789 |
9.046 |
| Georgia |
37 |
0.12 |
| Germany |
1,668 |
5.41 |
| Greece |
351 |
1.138 |
| Hungary |
263 |
0.853 |
| Iceland |
5 |
0.016 |
| Ireland |
85 |
0.275 |
1036W
| Applications received |
| State |
Application 2002 |
Percentage of cases per member state |
| Italy |
1,304 |
4.25 |
| Latvia |
256 |
0.83 |
| Liechtenstein |
3 |
0.009 |
| Lithuania |
422 |
1.368 |
| Luxembourg |
44 |
0.142 |
| Malta |
9 |
0.029 |
| Moldova |
221 |
0.716 |
| Netherlands |
562 |
1.823 |
| Norway |
76 |
0.246 |
| Poland |
4,173 |
13.536 |
| Portugal |
245 |
0.794 |
| Romania |
1,927 |
6.25 |
| Russia |
4,006 |
12.994 |
| San Marino |
5 |
0.016 |
| Slovak Republic |
418 |
1.355 |
| Slovenia |
256 |
0.83 |
| Spain |
797 |
2.585 |
| Sweden |
357 |
1.158 |
| Switzerland |
275 |
0.892 |
| FYRO Macedonia |
86 |
0.278 |
| Turkey |
3,036 |
9.848 |
| Ukraine |
2,549 |
8.268 |
| United Kingdom |
1,468 |
4.761 |
| Total |
30,828 |
100 |
| Cases dealt with1 |
| State |
2002 |
Percentage of judgments per member state |
| Albania |
— |
— |
| Andorra |
— |
— |
| Armenia |
— |
— |
| Austria |
20 |
2.3697 |
| Azerbaijan |
— |
— |
| Belgium |
14 |
1.658 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
— |
— |
| Bulgaria |
3 |
0.355 |
| Croatia |
9 |
1.066 |
| Cyprus |
6 |
0.71 |
| Czech Republic |
4 |
0.473 |
| Denmark |
2 |
0.236 |
| Estonia |
1 |
0.118 |
| Finland |
5 |
0.592 |
| France |
75 |
8.886 |
| Georgia |
— |
— |
| Germany |
9 |
1.066 |
| Greece |
25 |
2.962 |
| Hungary |
3 |
0.355 |
| Iceland |
— |
— |
| Ireland |
1 |
0.118 |
| Italy |
391 |
46.327 |
| Latvia |
2 |
0.236 |
| Liechtenstein |
— |
— |
| Lithuania |
5 |
0.592 |
| Luxembourg |
1 |
0.118 |
| Malta |
— |
— |
| Moldova |
— |
— |
| Netherlands |
11 |
1.3033 |
| Norway |
— |
— |
| Poland |
26 |
3.08 |
| Portugal |
33 |
3.909 |
| Romania |
27 |
3.199 |
| Russia |
2 |
0.236 |
| San Marino |
— |
0.016 |
| Slovak Republic |
7 |
0.829 |
| Slovenia |
1 |
0.118 |
| Spain |
3 |
0.355 |
| Sweden |
7 |
0.829 |
| Switzerland |
4 |
0.473 |
| FYRO Macedonia |
1 |
0.118 |
1037W
| Cases dealt with1 |
| State |
2002 |
Percentage of judgments per member state |
| Turkey |
105 |
12.44 |
| Ukraine |
1 |
0.118 |
| United Kingdom |
40 |
4.739 |
| Total |
844 |
100 |
| 1 Breakdown available only for judgments. |