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Article: International law, the United States of America and capital punishment.(The Medellin v. Texas Symposium)
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- Suffolk Transnational Law Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 2008
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Medellin v. Texas is the latest act in a judicial drama involving the United States that began in 1998, when Paraguay filed an application in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on behalf of one of its nationals who was in imminent threat of execution in Virginia. The litigation was based on allegations that U.S. law enforcement officials had not provided Angel Breard, a Paraguayan citizen, with information about the right to consular assistance, as guaranteed by Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR). (1) Although there was an order by the ICJ for provisional measures, (2) the case was never heard on the merits, and Paraguay discontinued its ...