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Texas set execution date for Mexican national at center of ICJ case [this day at law]
May 5, 2011 by Dwyer Arce
On May 5, 2008, a Texas court set the execution date for Mexican national and Texas prisoner Jose Ernesto Medellin for after the US Supreme Court ruled in that President George W. Bush did not have the authority to direct state courts to comply with a ruling from the International Court of Justice.... [more]
ICJ ruled US violated court order by executing Mexican national [this day at law]
January 19, 2011 by Dwyer Arce
On January 19, 2009, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that the US had violated the court's March 2004 order when the state of Texas executed Jose Ernesto Medellin Rojas. The ICJ held in Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America) that the US had breached.... [more]
ICJ rules US violated court order by executing Mexican national
January 19, 2009 by Andrew Morgan
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday ruled that the United States violated the court's March 2004 order when the state of Texas executed Jos Ernesto Medellin Rojas in August last year. The ICJ held in Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America) that....... [more]
US execution of Mexican national ruling [ICJ] [document]
January 19, 2009 by Michael
Mexico v. United States of America, International Court of Justice, January 19, 2009. Read the full text of the judgment. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....... [more]
Texas executes Mexico national in face of ICJ order
August 6, 2008 by Devin Montgomery
The state of Texas executed Mexican national Jose Ernesto Medellin late Tuesday evening after the US Supreme Court narrowly refused to stay his sentence. Medellin's appeal was based on a July order by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which had attempted to halt his execution and manda....... [more]
Meeting international obligations would pose only light burden in case [comment]
July 25, 2008 by Andrew Wood
Richard C. Dieter: There is no question that treaties that have been signed and ratifed by the U.S. government are the law of the land and can be binding on states with the same force as federal law. The U.S. is bound by the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and by the deci....... [more]
death penalty case exposes hollow Texas brand of gunslinger politics [comment]
July 25, 2008 by Andrew Wood
Bryan McCann: Two years ago, a fellow anti-death penalty activist and I participated in a public debate on the University of Texas campus with the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT). No one was surprised when the YCT's first plan of attack was to read- verbatim- a detailed account of t....... [more]
Texas governor: state not bound by ICJ ruling on execution of Mexican citizens
July 18, 2008 by Kiely Lewandowski
Texas Governor Rick Perry said Thursday that Texas will go forward with the August 5 execution of a Mexican national despite an International Court of Justice (ICJ) order staying the execution. The ICJ ordered Wednesday that a mandated review be conducted to determine whether five Mexican.... [more]
Mexico argues ICJ should stay US executions of foreign nationals
June 19, 2008 by Andrew Gilmore
Mexico has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for assistance in stopping the Texas executions of five of its citizens, including Jose Ernesto Medellin, who is scheduled to be executed August 5. In hearings scheduled for Thursday, Mexico will ask the ICJ to rule on its request for.... [more]
Texas judge sets execution date for Mexican national at center of ICJ case
May 5, 2008 by Brett Murphy
A Texas court Monday set the execution date for Mexican national and Texas prisoner Jose Ernesto Medellin for August 5, after the US Supreme Court ruled in March that President George W. Bush did not have the authority to direct state courts to comply with a ruling from the International Court of.... [more]
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