وفي حين أن إبداء التحفظات على أحكام معينة من المادة 14 قد يكون مقبولاً، فلا يجوز إبداء أي تحفظ عام على الحق في محاكمة عادلة.
Essentially, a reservation precludes the operation, as between the reserving and other States, of the provision reserved; and an objection thereto leads to the reservation being in operation as between the reserving and objecting State only to the extent that it has not been objected to.