2. Proceedings conducted under paragraph 1 shall be
confidential.
3. If a friendly settlement is effected, the Court shall strike the
case out of its list by means of a decision which shall be confined
to a brief statement of the facts and of the solution reached.
4. This decision shall be transmitted to the Committee of
Ministers, which shall supervise the execution of the terms of the
friendly settlement as set out in the decision.
ARTICLE 40
Public hearings and access to documents
1. Hearings shall be in public unless the Court in exceptional
circumstances decides otherwise.
2. Documents deposited with the Registrar shall be accessible to
the public unless the President of the Court decides otherwise.
ARTICLE 41
Just satisfaction
If the Court finds that there has been a violation of the Convention
or the Protocols thereto, and if the internal law of the High
Contracting Party concerned allows only partial reparation to be
made, the Court shall, if necessary, afford just satisfaction to the
injured party.
ARTICLE 42
ARTICLE 43
Referral to the Grand Chamber
1. Within a period of three months from the date of the judgment
of the Chamber, any party to the case may, in exceptional cases,
request that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber.
2. A panel of five judges of the Grand Chamber shall accept
the request if the case raises a serious question affecting the
interpretation or application of the Convention or the Protocols
thereto, or a serious issue of general importance.
3. If the panel accepts the request, the Grand Chamber shall
decide the case by means of a judgment.
ARTICLE 44
Final judgments
1. The judgment of the Grand Chamber shall be final.
2. The judgment of a Chamber shall become final
(a) when the parties declare that they will not request that the
case be referred to the Grand Chamber; or
(b) three months after the date of the judgment, if reference of
the case to the Grand Chamber has not been requested;
or
(c) when the panel of the Grand Chamber rejects the request
to refer under Article 43.
3. The final judgment shall be published.
Judgments of Chambers
Judgments of Chambers shall become final in accordance with the
provisions of Article 44, paragraph 2.
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