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U.S. Position Before International Court of Justice in Mexican Death Penalty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2003

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References

1 Apr. 24, 1963, Art. 36(1) (b), 21 UST 77, 101, 596 UNTS 261, 292. The Court’s jurisdiction was based on Article I of the Optional Protocol Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes. This case represented the first time that Mexico had appeared before the Court in a contentious proceeding.

2 Application of Mexico at para. 281 (Jan. 9, 2003), Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mex. v. U.S.) (Int’l Ct. Justice). The decisions, basic documents, and materials pertaining to cases of the International Court of Justice are available online at <http://www.icj-cij.org>.

3 Request of Mexico for Provisional Measures (Jan. 9, 2003), Avena and Other Mexican Nationals. On January 20, Mexico informed the Court that it wished to withdraw the request with respect to three Mexican nationals whose sentences had been commuted.

4 Verbatim Record, Avena and Other Mexican Nationals, ICJ Doc. CR 2003/1, paras. 2435 (Jan. 21, 2003)Google Scholar.

5 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Para. v. U.S.), Provisional Measures, 1998 ICJ Rep. 11 (Apr. 9)Google Scholar.

6 LaGrand (Ger. v. U.S.), Provisional Measures, 1999 ICJ Rep. 9 (Mar. 3).

7 Verbatim Record, supra note 4, paras. 36–49.

8 Id., paras. 93–96.

9 Id., paras. 51–83.

10 LaGrand, Judgment, para. 128 (June 27, 2001).

11 [Editor’s Note: Valdez v. Oklahoma, 46 P.3d 703 (Okla. Crim. App. 2002). For background, see Sean D. Murphy, United States Practice in International Law, 1999–2001, at 38–40 (2002).]

12 [Editor’s Note: Ex parte Suarez Medina, No. 37, 792–02, slip op. at 2 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002).]

13 [Editor’s Note: See Murphy, Sean D., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 96 AJIL 461 (2002)Google ScholarPubMed.]

14 Verbatim Record, supra note 4 (citations omitted).

15 Verbatim Record, Avena and Other Mexican Nationals, ICJ Doc. CR 2003/2, para. 1.4 (Jan. 21, 2003)Google Scholar.

16 Id., para. 1.10

17 Id., paras. 3.10, .11,

18 See supra note 11.

19 Verbatim Record, supra note 15, paras. 3.12—.17.

20 Id., paras. 3.18-.25.

21 Id., para. 3.26.

22 Avena and Other Mexican Nationals, Provisional Measures, para. 55 (Feb. 5, 2003)Google Scholar.

23 Id., para. 59.