This article explores how the European Court of Human Rights has interpreted the right to interpretation under Article 6(3)(e) ECHR—a topic which, despite its significance for the rule of law and access to justice, has received, to date, very limited scholarly attention. The key finding is that we are witnessing a ‘cautious evolution’: the Court has progressively—yet simultaneously cautiously—developed the standards and guarantees of this right, which is one of the rights of defence under Article 6(3) ECHR and a requirement of the fair trial. The analysis focuses, in particular, on (i) how general interpretative techniques that have been developed by the Strasbourg Court were applied by the Court in its jurisprudence concerning the said provision; (ii) on the interplay between the overall fairness of the trial and Article 6(3)(e) ECHR; and (iii) on Article 6(3)(e) ECHR and the relationship between legal assistance/legal aid and the right to interpretation. In addition, the article identifies possible areas of further development of this right.

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解释《欧洲人权公约》第 6(3)(e) 条下的解释权：欧洲人权法院判例的谨慎演变？

本文探讨了欧洲人权法院如何解释《欧洲人权公约》第 6 条第 3 款第 e 项下的解释权——尽管该主题对法治和诉诸司法具有重要意义，但迄今为止，该主题已收到，学术关注非常有限。关键的发现是我们正在目睹一个“谨慎的演变”：法院已经逐步——但同时谨慎地——制定了这项权利的标准和保障，这是《欧洲人权公约》第 6 条第 3 款规定的辩护权之一，也是一项要求的公平审判。该分析特别侧重于 (i) 斯特拉斯堡法院开发的一般解释技术如何在法院关于上述条款的判例中得到应用；(ii) 关于审判的整体公平性与《欧洲人权公约》第 6(3)(e) 条之间的相互作用；(iii) 关于《欧洲人权公约》第 6(3)(e) 条以及法律援助/法律援助与解释权之间的关系。此外，文章还确定了进一步发展这项权利的可能领域。