AGLC4 Rule 14.4.2: Advisory Opinions

Advisory opinions are cited by the italic title followed by (Advisory Opinion), then in parentheses the court, the document number and the full date, then a pinpoint. The court is left out of the parentheses where its name already appears in the title. The number is labelled as the institution labels it, and pinpoints are to paragraphs where they are numbered continuously, otherwise to pages.

AGLC4 page 206

Formatting

  • The title is italic and is followed by (Advisory Opinion) in italics, with italic round brackets.
  • Roman round brackets then hold the court, the document number and the full date, separated by commas.
  • Where the court's name appears in the title, it is omitted from the brackets, which then start with the document number.
  • The document number keeps the institution's label, such as Series No, Doc No or Request No.
  • As much of the date as appears in the opinion is given.
  • Paragraph pinpoints go in square brackets after the closing bracket; page pinpoints are used only where paragraphs are not numbered continuously.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 206
  1. 39
    Control of Due Process in the Exercise of the Powers of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Articles 41 and 44 to 51 of the American Convention on Human Rights) (Advisory Opinion) (Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Series A No 19, 28 November 2005) [14].
  2. 40
    Request for Advisory Opinion by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child before the African Court on Human and People’s Rights (Advisory Opinion) (Request No 002/2013, 5 December 2014) [6].

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 206
  • ‘Series No’
  • ‘Doc No’
  • ‘Request No’

Elements of an advisory opinion of another supranational court or tribunal

Quoted from the Guide, page 206
ElementExample
TitleRights and Guarantees of Children in the Context of Migration and/or in Need of International Protection
Advisory Opinion(Advisory Opinion)
Name of Court or Tribunal(Inter-American Court of Human Rights,
Doc NumberSeries A No 21,
Full Date19 August 2014)
Pinpoint[190]

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.