Organization", but not as an organ of the Union, wiLhin the meaning of Article 4(1) of the Protocol. 13 With regard to Al1icle 5(1) of the Protocol, 14 the African Commiss ion also asserted that the Committee shou ld not be considered as ''an intergovernmental organizat ion,. Nevertheless, the African Commiss ion left all these issues to the appreciation of the Court. IV. THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT 33. AJthough the Court will focus on jurisdicti on in this section, il cannot lose sight of the fact thai there are also other mallers relating to contents of lhe request that must be considered. 34. Pursuant to the provisions of A11icle 4 (1) of the Protocol, the Court may provide an opinion on any legal matter relating to the Charter or any other relevant human rights instruments, provided that the subject matter of the opinion is not related to a matter being examined by the Commission. 35. Rule 68 (l) of the Rules provides that 'cRequests for Advisory optnton pursuant to Article 4 of the Protocol may be filed wiU1 lbe Court by a Member State~ by the Afr]can Union, by any organ of the African, Union or by an African orgaruzation recognjsed by the African Union. The request sl1all be on legal matters and shall state with precision the specific questions on which the opinion of the Court is being sought',. Tn addition, sub-parag raph 2 requires that "any request for advisory opinion shall specify the provision s of the Charter or of any other internati onal human rights instrume nt in respect or which the advisory opinion is being sought, the circumsta nces giving addresses of the rise to the request as well as the names and represen tatives of the entities making the request". 13 Ref AtcHPR/Reg./ADV /002/2013/018 , at page 3, paragraph 3.1. page 13, al paragraph 3 30 3 35 and 3 37to ,. Ibid, at pages 4 to 9, paragraphs 3.5, 3.8 to 3.18; page 11 , paragraph 3.23; pages 14 to 18, paragraphs 3.34, 3.42. 10

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