Execution Mexican Violation | U.N. court rules U.S. execution violated treaty

January 20, 2009 by frankls
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U.N. court rules U.S. execution violated treaty
A United Nations court has found that the United States violated an international treaty and the court’s own order when a Mexican national was executed last year in a Texas prison.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a ruling Monday in an unusual case that pitted President Bush against his home state in a dispute over federal authority, local sovereignty and foreign treaties. Mexico had filed a formal complaint against U.S. state and federal officials
"The United States of America has breached the obligation incumbent upon it" to stop the execution, the ICJ announced in a unanimous opinion.

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