Court; and; Rule 68 ( 1), which sets out the entities that are entitled to bring a
request for an advisory opinion before the Comt.
6.
To buuress its request, the Committee refers to Article 4 ( l) of the
ChiJdren 's Chruier, which provide s tbr the best interests of the child to be the
primary conside ration in all actions undertaken; Article 32, which establish es the
Cmnmit tee; and Article 42, which outlines the mandate of the Commit tee. The
Commit tee also relies on Article 31 ( l) of the Vienna Conven tion on the Law of
Treaties (hereina fter lhe "Vienna Conven tion"), which provide s for the general rule
of interpretation of treaties.
7.
The Comnut tee also cites three authorities in suppmi of its request, namely:
J.
The International Court of Justice (hereina fter referred to as the "ICJ")
in Advisor y Opinion on the Compet ence of the General AssembJy for
the Admissi on of a State to the United Nations; ICJ Reports (1950) 8.
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The Institute for Hw11an Rights and Develop ment in A:fi-ica and the
Open Society Justice Initiative (On behalf of children of Nubian
descent in Kenya)/ the Governm ent of Kenya decided upon by the
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