All the same, the Court has so far failed to clarify whether the guarantees of Article 3 also apply to the rights of political parties, since these are not expressly mentioned in the ECHR. They may, however, cite the rights and freedoms guaranteed to associations in the meaning of Article 11 of the ECHR (ECtHR, judgment of 30 January 1998, Unified Communist Party of Turkey et al., RJD 1998-I, § 25). Given their roles in a democratic and pluralist society, it would be logical for political parties to be able to rely also on the right to be elected under Article 3 of Protocol 1.