Posted by Eugene Volokh:
"U.S. Withdraws From ICJ Jurisdiction Over Consular Relations Claims":
I confess that I haven't been following this closely, so I have no
independent opinion on this; but [1]Julian Ku (Opinion Juris), who
specializes in international law, is on top of it. A brief summary:
I noted rumors/reports of this below, and now the New York Times
confirms that the U.S. has withdrawn from the Optional Protocol to
the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. The Optional Protocol
is the provision granting the International Court of Justice
compulsory jurisdiction over disputes under the consular relations
treaty and the basis for Mexico's (and Germany's) applications to
the ICJ. If the U.S. has indeed legally withdrawn from the Optional
Protocol, then the ICJ can no longer hear future cases brought by
other countries with foreign nationals similarly situated to
Mexico's nationals.
For Julian's observations, go [2]here.
References
1.
http://lawofnations.blogspot.com/2005/03/us-withdraws-from-icj-jurisdiction.html
2.
http://lawofnations.blogspot.com/2005/03/us-withdraws-from-icj-jurisdiction.html
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