If he really had the courage of his convictions he could have used domestic remedies rather than handing the documents over to an extra-national organisation.

'The Commission may only deal with the matter after all domestic remedies have been exhausted, according to the generally recognised rules of international law.'

On the question of the exhaustion of domestic remedies the Commission has taken a different approach.

Article 26 posits the exhaustion of domestic remedies as a precondition of putting the European machinery into motion.

Complainants must have exhausted all domestic remedies, and anonymous complaints are not permitted.

Six complaints were rejected for lack of jurisdiction or because the complainants had not exhausted all domestic remedies.

Whether all available domestic remedies have been exhausted.

Aleberry was often used as a domestic remedy for a cold.

Such appeals are subject to the condition that all avenues of domestic remedies within Liechtenstein have been exhausted.

(It is a prerequisite of a complaint to Strasbourg that any possible domestic remedy should first be explored.)