There are some disadvantages with this method of vindication of convention rights. The process requires that all domestic remedies be first tried and exhausted before the matter is pleaded in Strasbourg. That can be quite a costly, time consuming and lengthy procedure. In all cases, it involves taking a constitutional action all the way to the Supreme Court. Furthermore, with the number of states acceding to the convention increasing all the time, the caseload of the Strasbourg court is growing exponentially and there are longer delays in prospect as a result.