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Originally Posted by Tashah  | Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (ln) Quote: | In March 2005, the United States pulled out of the Optional Protocol to the Convention, which allows the International Court of Justice to have compulsory jurisdiction over disputes arising under the Convention. In June 2006, the United States Supreme Court ruled that foreign nationals who were not notified of their right to consular notification and access after an arrest may not use the treaty violation to suppress evidence obtained in police interrogation or belatedly raise legal challenges after trial (Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon[1]). In March 2008, the Supreme Court further ruled that the decision of the International Court of Justice directing the United States to give "review and reconsideration" to the cases of 51 Mexican convicts on death row was not a binding domestic law and therefore could not be used to overcome state procedural default rules that barred further post-conviction challenges (Medellín v. Texas [2]).
| AFP, via Tribune de Geneve en ligne, Mar. 10, 2005 - WASHINGTON, March 10 (AFP) - The United States has withdrawn from the Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Rights ... (ln) |
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