paragraph 248 in volume 2, chapter 15, Advisory Jurisdiction
The second principle regarding the consequences on the advisory jurisdiction of the Court’s discretion deriving from its status as a principal organ (not ‘principal judicial organ’, as used in Article 92 of the Charter and Article 1 of the Statute) of the United Nations first appeared in the Peace Treaties opinion. Here the Court explained that its opinion, given to the requesting organ, ‘represents its [the Court’s] participation in the activities of the Organization, and, i…