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to be mentioned. Furthermore, there are numerous other decisions of the Court, in
which in one or other way the satellite communication is mentioned; in these decisions,
however, the fact that they have anything to do with a satellite was not relevant for the
outcome of the case.
Can – in these circumstances – the path to the Strasbourg Court be recommended
to those who are dealing with the area of satellite communication? It seems that it
can be recommended in two cases – the case of rejections of licensing of broadcasting
by the State organs, and in the situations of denial of the right to install receiving
stations for satellite broadcasting in the States Parties to the Convention. However,
this recommendation is limited on the cases of violations by one of the Parties of the
Convention in which the applicant seeks not primarily a speedy and pecuniary, but
the abstract justice and satisfaction – that is why the Court is less made recourse to by
those active in space communications than arbitration bodies.