УДК 340.132

ORCID: 0000-0002-6036-4143

DOI 10.37566/2707-6849-2025-2(51)-2

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Oksana MAZUR,

Senior Research Fellow

at the National School of Judges of Ukraine,

Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor

THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO COURT AS ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL GUARANTEED BY ARTICLE 6 OF THE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

The article examines the right to access to court as one of the aspects of the right to a fair trial guaranteed by Article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. It analyzes obstacles to access to justice both due to the peculiarities of the national procedural legislation of the state and as a result of restrictions provided for by substantive law.

Keywords: human rights, access to court, right to a fair trial, practice of the European Court of Human Rights.

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