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.

What Texas is doing is not only pissing on long standing international laws and agreements, that the US have promoted time and time again to defend its own citizens in other countries, but also basicly pissing on the federal system of the US. What's the next international agreement that Texas intends to ignore? nuclear non-proliferation treaty? How about the agreement on human rights? Or the treaty for women's rights?

Or is it just that these Mexicans are in fact.. Mexicans and the current climate in the US is very anti Latino (especially among the right), that its okay? I know of a Dane years ago being held in Texas did have access to the Danish Embassy, so why the freaking difference all of a sudden?

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.

But I am guessing no one here is willing to actually discuss the implications as the big boogy words "UN World Court" have been mentioned, and that this thread, like very other UN thread, will degenerate into an anti UN, anti World, anti Europe and probably labelling everyone not agreeing with the Texan stand point as terrorists.

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.