84. In support of the second limb (d) of the request, the Committee argues that with respect to the interpretatio n of treaties, the lCJ in the AdvisOIJ' Opinion on the Competence of the General Assembly for the Admission of a State to the United Nations, 33 held the view that treaties should be interpreted 'ln accordance with their object and purpose.' According to the Committee, this position is further strengthene d by Article 31 of the Vienna Convention , which provides specifically that treaties are to be interpreted in the light of their objects and purpose, adding that one of the ovelTiding objectives of the Protocol, as reflected in its Preamble, is the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa. 85. 34 The Committee goes on to refer to Article 4(1) of the Children's Charter which underlines thai 'in all actions undertaken concerning the child, the best interests of the child shall be the primary consideratio n,' as well as the United Natjons Committee on the Rights of the Child in the General Comment No 5 5 (2003/ to the following effect: 'Courts of law[ ... ] every legislative, administrati ve and judicial body or Institution is required to apply the best interests principle by systematica lly considering bow children's rights and interests are or will be affected by their decisions and actions.' 86. The Committee also suggests that the Court also consider the Committee' s own decision in The Institute for liuman Rights and Development in Africa and the Open Society Justice initiative (On behalf of children of Nubian descent in Kenya) 36 /the Government of Kenya, in which it held that the best interests or the child, 8 Paras 3 and 7 of the Protocol to the African Court "General measures of Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (arts 4. 42 and 44, Para 6) n ICJ Reports (1 950) 34 ~ S"'" No 6 ,.,... L7h\(_ ~ /Lt ~ / Uh.a.._ 25