provisions relating to similar declarations are of an optional nature. This is demonstrated by the provisions on recognition of the jurisdiction of the lnternational Court of Justice,4 the European Court of Human Rights5 and the lnter-American Court of Human Rights", §§ 55 and 56.6. the Court says that it is guided by the relevant rules governing declarations of recognition of jurisdiction as well as by the principle of the sovereigntÿ of States in international law, it is a recourse to Article 7 of the 33. However, Protocol. ln that the latter article allows it to rely on any relevant human rights instrument. 34.On its jurisdiction in the Armand GuehP1 case in 2016, the Court proceeds in the same way. lt cites Article 3(1), but resorts to other texts. One wonders whether the Court simply finds its jurisdiction in respect of interim measures or whether it simply applies provisions outside the Charter to do so. lt says: "Havrng regard to the particular circumstances of the case, which reveal a risk that the death penalty might be imposed, thereby infringing the Applicant's rights under Article 7 of the Charter and Article 14 of the lnternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Court decides to exercrse its lurisdiction under Article 27(2) of the Protocol", § 19. 35.The complementarity between these two Articles, which should be cited together, is expressed. For in Article 3(1) the Court finds its jurisdiction without difficulty and bases it on it, and in Article 7 the Court, by having recourse to other texts, is also founded in law by virtue of the fact that its applicable law authorizes it to do so. Accordingly, in the Actions for the Protection of Human Righls (APDH) v. Republic of Côte d'lvoire2l judgment also delivered in 2016, from § 42 to § 65, the Court sets out a reasoning for establishing its jurisdiction. This can only be understood by reading the two articles, 3(1) and 7 together. ln particular, it says that . :"^lCIIPR,..lnndnd(;uchi t l;nittl llapubli. t,l'l dn:utliu. Intc'rirn Mcasurcs Ordcr. Ill March l0l(r rr .lctirttt,s litr tha I>r(,t&tton tl Ilunun I?igltts t.1l'l)llt t. llapuhltc ttl ('t)tc d'lwtira t,l/clltsl. l8 ^f(llll'R.1016. nvovcnrbcr t2