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In
this
connexion
it
must
also
be
noticed
that
the
very
notion
of
a
right
of
access
to
the
courts
is
itself
an
ambiguous
one
,
unless
defined
.
The
need
to
define
,
or
at
least
circumscribe
,
is
indeed
expressly
recognized
in
paragraph
38
of
the
Court
’s
judgment
,
and
again
by
implication
,
at
the
end
of
paragraph
44
.
For
instance
does
a
right
of
access
mean
simply
such
right
as
the
domestic
law
of
the
State
concerned
provides
,
or
at
any
time
may
provide
for
?
If
so
,
would
the
Convention
,
in
providing
for
a
right
of
access
,
be
doing
anything
more
than
would
already
be
done
if
the
Convention
did
not
exist
?
If
on
the
other
hand
the
Convention
,
supposing
it
to
provide
for
a
right
of
access
at
all
,
must
be
deemed
to
impose
an
obligation
to
afford
a
degree
of
access
that
the
domestic
law
of
the
contracting
States
,
or
of
some
of
them
,
might
not
necessarily
contemplate
,
then
what
degree
?
-
an
absolute
right
,
or
one
conditioned
in
various
ways
,
and
if
so
how
?
More
specifically
,
does
a
right
of
access
mean
a
right
both
to
bring
a
claim
and
also
to
have
it
determined
on
its
substantive
merits
regardless
of
any
preliminary
question
affecting
the
character
or
admissibility
of
the
claim
,
the
status
or
capacity
of
the
parties
to
it
,
etc
.
?
-
and
if
not
,
then
,
since
the
laws
of
different
countries
vary
considerably
in
these
respects
,
would
not
some
definition
of
the
degree
of
derogation
from
the
absolute
,
considered
to
be
acceptable
from
a
human
rights
standpoint
,
be
requisite
in
a
Convention
on
human
rights
?
The
fact
that
the
European
Convention
contains
no
such
(
nor
any
)
definition
could
only
mean
that
if
a
right
of
access
is
to
be
implied
by
virtue
of
Article
6.1
(
art
.
6
-
1
)
,
the
right
would
need
to
be
defined
separately
,
ad
hoc
,
by
the
Court
for
the
purposes
of
each
individual
case
.
This
would
be
inadmissible
since
governments
would
never
know
beforehand
where
they
stood
.
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