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This
reasoning
was
basically
premised
on
the
alleged
distinction
between
the
European
Union
legal
order
,
which
admittedly
had
direct
effect
,
and
the
Convention
,
which
in
the
Constitutional
Court
’s
understanding
had
no
direct
effect
in
the
domestic
legal
order
of
the
Contracting
Parties
in
so
far
as
the
Convention
did
not
allow
ordinary
judges
to
set
aside
conflicting
statutory
legislation[52
]
.
Although
admitting
that
the
Convention
was
different
from
other
international
treaties
,
to
the
extent
that
its
interpretation
was
not
in
the
hands
of
the
Contracting
Parties
,
but
in
those
of
a
Court
,
which
had
the
“
final
say
”
(
ultima
parola
)
[
53
]
with
regard
to
such
interpretation
,
the
Constitutional
Court
stressed
that
the
Convention
should
be
understood
as
a
multilateral
agreement
which
did
not
limit
the
Contracting
parties
’
sovereignty[54
]
.
Ultimately
,
human
rights
treaties
,
like
the
Convention
,
should
be
treated
as
any
other
international
treaty
,
except
in
the
case
of
an
international
treaty
which
encapsulated
customary
principles
of
international
law[55
]
.
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