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Article: ICJ rejects Mexico's request to interpret Avena but finds United States violated provisional measures order.
- Article from:
- American Journal of International Law
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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In January 2009, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decided Mexico's June 2008 suit against the United States under Article 60 of the ICJ Statute seeking an interpretation of paragraph 153(9) of the Court's March 2004 judgment in Avena. (1) The ICJ rejected Mexico's request for interpretation. (2) The Court also found, however, that the United States violated its July 2008 provisional measures order directing that Jose Ernesto Medellin not be executed while the case was under consideration, unless he first received review and reconsideration of his conviction pursuant to paragraph 153(9). (Medellin was executed by Texas in August 2008, following extensive litigation ...