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Interpretation of Convention provisions. 
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4.—Judicial notice shall be taken of the Convention provisions and of— 
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(a) any declaration, decision, advisory opinion or judgment of the European Court of Human Rights established under the Convention on any question in respect of which that Court has jurisdiction, 
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(b) any decision or opinion of the European Commission of Human Rights so established on any question in respect of which it had jurisdiction, 
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(c) any decision of the Committee of Ministers established under the Statute of the Council of Europe on any question in respect of which it has jurisdiction, 
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and a court shall, when interpreting and applying the Convention provisions, take due account of the principles laid down by those declarations, decisions, advisory opinions, opinions and judgments. 
 
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