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Re: Re: International Court Orders U.S. to Review Mexican Cases
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Originally posted by Dragonlich
As for the UN security council: they have *nothing* to do with this, so leave them out of it. One cannot veto a ICJ ruling.
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I was referring to this part of the article, which implies that the UN security council is in charge of enforcing the ICJ rulings, which will never happen as long as the US has veto power:
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If the United States doesn't abide by the ruling, Mexico intends to take further legal steps, according to a Mexican diplomat. Countries that fail to comply with court rulings can be referred to the U.N. Security Council for "appropriate action," according to the court's statute.
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As for the rest, these people are being executed by individual states which have their own government and their own legal system. The Vienna Convention, as far as I know, would apply only to Federal prisoners, not state prisoners. The ICJ is attempting to interfere in local government, which is what I find absurd.
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Even if Washington accepts the decision, it's unclear if federal authorities have the power to enforce it or compel individual states to abide by it.
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Last edited by seretogis; 04-01-2004 at 05:50 AM..
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