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The persons to whom this Agreement applies are:
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(a)
agents of the Contracting Parties and advisers and advocates asisting them;
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(b)
persons taking part in proceedings instituted before the Commission under Article 25 of the Convention, whether in their own name or as representatives of one of the applicants enumerated in the said Article 25;
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(c)
barristers, solicitors or professors of law, taking part in proceedings in order to assist one of the persons enumerated in sub-paragraph (b) above;
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(d)
persons chosen by the delegates of the Commission to assist them in proceedings before the Court;
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(e)
witnesses, experts and other persons called upon by the Commission or the Court to take part in proceedings before the Commission or the Court.
2
For the purposes of this Agreement, the terms “Commission” and “Court” shall include a Sub-Commission or Chamber, or members of either body carrying out their duties under the terms of the Convention or of the rules of the Commission or of the Court, as the case may be; and the term “taking part in proceedings” shall include making communications with a view to a complaint against a State which has recognised the right of individual petition under Article 25 of the Convention.
3
If, in the course of the exercise by the Committee of Ministers of its functions under Article 32 of the Convention, any person mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article is called upon to appear before, or to submit written statements to the Committee of Ministers, the provisions of this Agreement shall apply in relation to him.