Judgment_paragraph 49 · GM v Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság and Others (C-159/21)

49Furthermore, the adversarial principle, which forms part of the rights of the defence, which are referred to in Article 47 of the Charter, means that the parties to a case must have the right to examine all the documents or observations submitted to the court for the purpose of influencing its decision, and to comment on them (judgment of 4 June 2013, ZZ, C‑300/11, EU:C:2013:363, paragraph 55 and the case-law cited), which presupposes that the person subject to a decision on international protection must be able to acquaint himself or herself with the elements of his or her file which are made available to the court or tribunal called upon to rule on the appeal against that decision.