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Originally Posted by PeteEU  The US is in breach of its international obligations and should be ashamed. Every person visiting the US (legal or illegal) is protected by not only US law, but also international laws, that the US has signed and ratified. That is how civilization works. |
The U.S. is NOT in breach of any intl. obligations in this matter. Anyone visiting the U.S. from abroad is protected by U.S. law...and also must abide by U.S. laws. However, foreign citizens are not protected by any intl. laws or UN or World Courts. The World Court/UN Court laws are reserved for those people charged with international crimes, such as genocide, mass murders, certain other war acts, etc. These "criminals" are then charged and brought up before the World Court to answer for their crimes against humanity....
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Originally Posted by PeteEU The UN has no jurisdiction over Texas or anyone.. never had and never will. The UN is a place for countries settle international incidents and in this case the International Court was used and the ruling was 100% correct. Its up to the Bush Administration to slap Texas over the hands and make them behave to international law, but some how I doubt that they will. |
Correct...the UN has no jurisdiction over Texas or any other state. The International Court was not used in this case. The American Justice System was used to try and convict these two men. Crimes they knew were illegal. Crimes carried out on U.S. soil and against U.S. citizens. If this had been Singapore...I doubt there would be any serious talk of the upcoming executions. Singapore is tough on crime and they don't play these games.
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Originally Posted by PeteEU In short Texas is wrong in what it has done, as it should have given these Mexicans access to their Embassy. Texas is 100% correct to charge and convict and punish them, but not giving access to Embassy official's was a breach of international agreements that the US has signed and promoted. |
The illegal Mexicans had plenty of opportunity of reaching the Mexican Embassy before they were apprehended for their crimes. They should have sought protection before their arrests, not after the fact.
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