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ii
)
What
these
two
Articles
(
art
.
5
-
4
,
art
.
13
)
provide
is
that
the
contracting
States
must
furnish
a
remedy
in
their
courts
for
contraventions
of
substantive
rights
or
freedoms
embodied
in
the
Convention
(
this
description
is
somewhat
of
a
paraphrase
of
Article
5
,
paragraph
4
(
art
.
5
-
4
)
,
but
basically
true
,
and
literally
true
of
Article
13
(
art
.
13
)
)
.
I
agree
with
the
Court
that
these
provisions
do
not
themselves
embody
any
substantive
rights
or
freedoms
,
or
any
general
right
of
access
,
and
therefore
would
not
render
any
provision
that
did
have
that
effect
superfluous
,
as
the
United
Kingdom
Government
contended
.
However
,
that
Government
also
put
forward
what
might
be
called
the
complement
of
this
proposition
,
namely
,
that
if
a
general
right
of
access
must
,
as
the
Court
held
,
be
deemed
to
be
implied
by
Article
6.1
(
art
.
6
-
1
)
then
Article
5
,
paragraph
4
,
and
Article
13
(
art
.
5
-
4
,
art
.
13
)
,
would
in
their
turn
be
rendered
superfluous
because
the
right
of
access
under
Article
6.1
(
art
.
6
-
1
)
would
provide
all
that
was
needed
.
Hence
the
existence
of
these
other
two
provisions
tended
to
show
that
no
right
of
access
was
comprised
by
Article
6.1
(
art
.
6
-
1
)
.
This
argument
is
logically
correct
,
but
is
not
completely
watertight
since
Articles
5.4
and
13
(
art
.
5
-
4
,
art
.
13
)
speak
of
affording
a
remedy
;
and
mere
access
does
not
necessarily
entail
a
remedy
:
there
can
be
access
but
no
remedy
available
upon
access
.
Nevertheless
,
if
one
were
prepared
to
take
a
leaf
out
of
the
Court
’s
book
and
employ
the
kind
,
or
order
,
of
argument
the
Court
employs
,
one
might
say
that
since
access
without
a
remedy
is
of
no
avail
,
a
right
of
access
implies
a
right
to
a
remedy
-
which
is
patently
absurd
.
This
would
however
precisely
parallel
the
Court
’s
conclusion
that
because
right
to
a
fair
trial
is
of
no
avail
without
a
trial
,
therefore
a
right
to
bring
proceedings
resulting
in
a
trial
must
be
implied
.
It
would
be
difficult
to
make
the
non
-
sequitur
clearer
.
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