Tokens: To
put
the
matter
another
way
,
the
legal
value
of
the
Court
’s
judgment
includes
its
binding
effect
inter
partes
(
in
the
Court
’s
words
,
its
“
binding
nature
”
)
,
as
well
as
its
no
less
important
“
interpretative
authority
”
.
By
naming
it
,
the
Court
has
converted
the
scholarly
concept
of
the
“
interpretative
authority
”
(
res
interpretata
)
of
its
judgments
into
a
legally
binding
principle
of
Convention
interpretation
and
application
.
This
is
no
longer
a
mere
doctrinal
statement
,
but
a
judicially
endorsed
,
fully
-
fledged
legal
principle
governing
the
effect
of
a
judgment
of
the
Court
.
In
this
sense
,
the
Court
’s
judgment
has
erga
omnes
effect
in
all
Contracting
Parties
,
regardless
of
the
fact
that
it
has
been
delivered
against
only
one
or
more
of
them[198
]
.
This
corresponds
to
the
judicial
acknowledgment
of
a
commitment
of
the
Contracting
Parties
,
taken
already
in
the
Interlaken
Declaration
:
Labels: O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O