1. It is, however, interesting to note in this context that the ICJ in the LaGrand Case declined to take position on the character of Art. 36(1)(b) as a human right, ICJ Reports 2001, 494, para. 78.
2. In this sense reference can be made to the ICJ which explicitly stated in the case Avena and other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States), ICJ Reports 2004, 12, that its findings in the present case on the obligations of the United States under Art. 36 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations would also apply to other foreign nationals in similar situations, 151, paras 69-70.
3. For information on the advisory activity of the PCIJ, see Michla Pomerance, The Advisory Function of the International Court in the League and U.N. Eras (1973); Pratap Dharma , The Advisory Jurisdiction of the International Court 235 et seq. (1972); see also Lauterpacht (note 22), particularly Chapter III on the advisory practice of the PCIJ, 155 et seq.
4. Von Bogdandy & Venzke (note 55), 12.
5. Bothe (note 100), 65.