paragraph 369 in volume 3, chapter 27, The Decision
The Registry has furnished the following description of what occurs when the Court retires to deliberate on a judgment or advisory opinion (the process is accelerated for orders):
Once the public hearings are over, Members of the Court have a short time in which to study the arguments of the parties, following which there is a brief exchange of their preliminary views. The President outlines in writing to Members of the Court the issues that in his opinion will re…