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Mexico vs. U.S. in UN. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
Last fall, the Mexican government filed a complaint against the U.S. before the UN's Human Rights Committee, alleging that "migrants" (read: illegal immigrants) were being illegally detained in this country. On January 9th, Mexico filed a complaint before the UN's International Court of Justice (commonly called the "World Court") charging that "American officials have violated the rights of all 54 Mexicans on death row in the United States and asking that their executions be commuted," reported the Washington Post.
According to the Mexican complaint, state and local courts in the U.S. routinely assign Mexican defendants public defenders who "speak little or no Spanish and have no experience in death penalty cases." This supposedly violates the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, requiring that people accused of a crime in a foreign ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor February 7, 2003 700+ words
...Christian Science Monitor MEXICO CITY -- Death-penalty...symbolic victory after a World Court decision this week...Mexicans. But even as Mexico battles to save its...latest case before the World Court - was that Mexico was trying to interfere...
- WORLD COURT SIDES WITH MEXICO ON DISPUTE WITH US OVER DEATH PENALTY.
- Magazine article from: SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico April 14, 2004 700+ words
...Justice (ICJ), also known as the World Court, handed Mexico a moral victory with a ruling...announced in late March, supported Mexico's contention that the US had...Because of the US violations, Mexico has asked that the 51 citizens...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hayward, Susana March 31, 2004 700+ words
Byline: Susana Hayward MEXICO CITY _ The Mexican government...the court, also known as the World Court, came after Mexico complained that the imprisoned...Jiuyong. Of immediate interest, Mexico's government said, were the...
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- Magazine article from: SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico February 12, 2003 700+ words
...also known as the World Court, ordered US authorities...weeks," the ICJ said. Mexico originally sought new...moral victory" for Mexico and for opponents of...said Santiago Onate, Mexico's ambassador to the...federal government or this World Court to prohibit Texas from...
- World Court orders changes in U.S. death penalty.(Insider Report)
- Magazine article from: The New American May 3, 2004 700+ words
...correctly described Mexico's complaint as a...justice system. The World Court insists that its rulings...execute the offenders. Mexico's World Court complaint was not rooted...remains on the books in Mexico--or respect for diplomatic...
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- Magazine article from: The New American McManus, John F. November 26, 2007 700+ words
...independence by favoring World Court interference in the Medellin...numerous appeals. In 2003, Mexico sued the United States in the World Court contending that Medellin...consul had been denied. The World Court agreed and has told the...
- US death penalty creates international snarl; In battle over whose law...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor February 24, 2003 700+ words
...it is not bound by the World Court and will go ahead with...Such defiance of the World Court is nothing new: Previous...for countries such as Mexico that do not administer...previous cases before the World Court involve Walter LaGrand...
- World court will have little influence on Texas death penalty cases.(Knight...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Moritz, John January 16, 2004 700+ words
...out of courtesy to the world court, asked a state appeals...not believe that the world court has jurisdiction in Texas...officials should heed the world court's order. "There is...sometimes strained U.S.-Mexico relations. In 2002...
Source: HighBeam Research, Mexico vs. U.S. in UN. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)