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In
my
view
,
the
correct
approach
to
the
interpretation
of
Article
6.1
(
art
.
6
-
1
)
is
to
bear
in
mind
not
only
that
it
is
a
provision
embodied
in
an
instrument
depending
for
its
force
upon
the
agreement
-
and
indeed
the
continuing
support
-
of
governments
,
but
also
that
it
is
an
instrument
of
a
very
special
kind[23
]
,
emulated
in
the
field
of
human
rights
only
by
the
Inter
-
American
Convention
on
Human
Rights
signed
at
San
José
nearly
twenty
years
later
.
This
was
in
considerable
measure
founded
on
the
European
one
,
particularly
as
regards
its
"
enforcement
"
machinery
.
But
it
has
not
been
brought
into
force
.
Such
machinery
is
not
to
be
found
in
the
United
Nations
Covenants
on
Human
rights
,
which
in
any
case
also
do
not
seem
to
be
in
force
.
Speaking
generally
,
the
various
conventions
and
covenants
on
human
rights
,
but
more
particularly
the
European
Convention
,
have
broken
entirely
new
ground
internationally
,
making
heavy
inroads
on
some
of
the
most
cherished
preserves
of
governments
in
the
sphere
of
their
domestic
jurisdiction
or
domaine
réservé
.
Most
especially
,
and
most
strikingly
,
is
this
the
case
as
regards
what
is
often
known
as
the
"
right
of
individual
petition
"
,
whereby
private
persons
or
entities
are
enabled
to
(
in
effect
)
sue
their
own
governments
before
an
international
commission
or
tribunal
,
-
something
that
,
even
as
recently
as
thirty
years
ago
,
would
have
been
regarded
as
internationally
inconceivable
.
For
these
reasons
governments
have
been
hesitant
to
become
parties
to
instruments
most
of
which
,
apart
from
the
European
Convention
,
have
apparently
not
so
far
attracted
a
sufficient
number
of
ratifications
to
bring
them
into
force
.
Other
governments
,
that
have
ratified
the
European
Convention
,
have
hesitated
long
before
accepting
the
compulsory
jurisdiction
of
the
Court
of
Human
Rights
set
up
under
it
.
Similar
delays
have
occurred
in
subscribing
to
the
right
of
individual
petition
which
,
like
the
jurisdiction
of
the
Court
,
has
to
be
separately
accepted
.
This
right
moreover
,
may
require
not
only
an
initial
,
but
a
continuing
acceptance
,
since
it
may
be
,
and
in
several
instances
has
been
given
only
for
a
fixed
,
though
renewable
,
period
.
It
is
indeed
solely
by
reason
of
an
acceptance
of
this
kind
that
it
has
been
possible
for
the
present
(
Golder
)
case
to
be
brought
before
the
European
Commission
and
Court
of
Human
Rights
at
all
.
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