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U.S. Position in ICJ Case on U.S. Execution of German Nationals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 95 , Issue 3 , July 2001 , pp. 650 - 655
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2001

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1 Apr. 24, 1963, 21 UST 77, 596 UNTS 261. The Court’s jurisdiction is based upon the Convention’s Optional Protocol, to which both the United States and Germany are parties. See Optional Protocol to the Convention on Consular Relations Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, Apr. 24, 1963, 21 UST 325, 596 UNTS 487. For background on this case, including the Court’s decision on interim measures of protection, see Murphy, Sean D., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 93 AJIL 644 (1999)Google Scholar, and Aceves, William J., Case Report: Case Concerning the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Federal Republic of Germany v. United States) [LaGrand case], 93 AJIL 924 (1999)Google Scholar.

2 LaGrand (Ger. v. U.S.), Provisional Measures, 1999 ICJ Pleadings (Mar. 3, 1999), reprinted in 38 ILM 308 (1999). The documents cited on LaGrand are available online at <http://www.icj-cij.org>.

3 Verbatim Record, LaGrand (Ger. v. U.S.), ICJ Doc. CR 2000/30 (Nov. 16, 2000).

4 Verbatim Record, LaGrand (Ger. v. U.S.), ICJ Doc. CR 2000/28, paras. 1.15-1.17 (Nov. 14, 2000).

5 Id., paras. 2.7-2.8, 2.10.

6 Id., paras. 2.6, 2.12-2.13.

7 Id., paras. 2.34-2.35

8 Id., para. 2.53.

9 Verbatim Record, LaGrand (Ger. v. U.S.), ICJ Doc. CR 2000/29, at para. 7.2 (Nov. 14, 2000).

10 Id., paras. 7.16-7.23.

11 Id., paras. 7.4-7.15 (footnotes omitted).

12 Id., para. 5.23.

13 Id., para. 5.27.

14 LaGrand (Ger. v. U.S.) (Int’l Ct. Justice June 27, 2001).

15 Id., para. 128(7).

16 See Bonner, Raymond, Mexican Killer Is Refused Clemency by Oklahoma, N.Y. Times, July 21, 2001, at A7 Google Scholar (nearly half of the foreign nationals on death rows are Mexican); Simons, Marlise, Berlin Wins Consular Case Against U.S. in UN. Court, N.Y. Times, June 28, 2001, at A8 (four Germans are on death rows)Google Scholar.