"World Court says US defied inmate ruling; Tells it to review death row cases of 50 Mexicans" by Arthur Max, Associated Press | January 20, 2009
THE HAGUE - The International Court of Justice ruled yesterday that the United States defied its order last year when authorities in Texas executed a Mexican convicted of rape and murder.
The UN's highest court said the United States remains obliged to review the cases of about 50 other Mexicans on death row because they were denied access to their consulate after they were arrested. But it rejected Mexico's request that Washington guarantee that each case will be reviewed and reconsidered.
Both Mexico and the United States said they were satisfied with elements of the decision.
"It was a mixed result," said John Bellinger III, a legal adviser to the State Department.
Bellinger said the court refused Mexico's main request to spell out the US obligations toward the arrested Mexican nationals, which probably would have led to heightened demands on the US courts. But he was "disappointed" that the tribunal declined to acknowledge efforts by the Bush administration to comply with international law and with the court's order.
That must have been a first -- and it was for this scumbag?
The judgment ended a five-year cascade of proceedings in the wake of a 2004 decision by the same court that the United States had violated an international treaty by failing to advise 51 Mexicans of their consular rights. The court required that each case be reviewed to determine whether the lack of diplomatic access could have affected the outcome of their cases.
The United States had argued to the tribunal, which is also known as the World Court, that the federal government had done all it could, but that it had no authority to tell the state courts what to do. Mexico contended, however, that US obligations to abide by international law also applied to state governments.
Well, you KNOW where I STAND, right?! The MORE LOCAL the BETTER!!!!
The US Supreme Court ruled last year that President Bush had exceeded his authority when he issued a directive in 2005 to the states to comply with the demand by the UN court for a judicial review of all cases.
After that ruling, Mexico hurriedly petitioned the World Court to stop the impending executions of five of its citizens. The court issued an emergency injunction last July, but three weeks later Texas prison authorities gave a lethal injection to Jose Medellin, convicted of the rape and murder of two teenage girls.
I'm just wondering why it took the agenda-pushing paper so long to mention this fact. If I didn't know any better I would say my obfuscating, pro-globalist, pro-immigrant was trying to minimize and hide the barbarity of the act. You know, if you are going to execute people, this is a good place to start.
The 12 UN judges unanimously ruled the United States "has breached the obligation incumbent upon it" in the Medellin case. Bellinger said that ruling was "not a rebuke or a reprimand. It was simply a finding."
Human Rights Watch urged the incoming administration of Barack Obama to heed the court's ruling and "to show the world that it will respect the rule of law, even when it's politically unpopular at home."
What the western-centric, agenda-pushing human rights organization is saying is they PREFER GLOBALIST LAW to local, self-independent rule.
I used to believe such things about 10 years ago, but that seems like a lifetime ago. Could I really have been that person? I'm so embarrassed that I was propagandized like that -- and that I believed it!
The World Court is the UN body that adjudicates disputes among nations. Its judgments are binding and cannot be appealed, but it has no enforcement powers.
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You know, as I finish up this post it occurred to me that the above phrase applies to all nations save one: ISRAEL!
When you realize that Israel is ABOVE the U.N, you understand the relationship between the globalists and Zionists -- and whose on top.
Hey, the WORLD can PROVE ME WRONG by bringing WAR CRIMES CHARGES against ISRAEL'S LEADERSHIP (like it does the African man) and HAULING THEM BEFORE the BAR at the HAGUE!!
Prove me wrong, I dare ya!!!!!
