Legal Opinion
Mora v. People of State of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 24, 2008No. Docket 06-0341-prPublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns obligations imposed by Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (“the Vienna Convention” or “the Convention”), Apr. 24, 1963, [1970] 21 U.S.T. 77, 100-101, T.I.A.S. No. 6820. When a national of one country is detained by authorities in another country, paragraph 1 of Article 36 imposes several requirements. Paragraph 1(b) contains three obligations: (1) “the authorities must notify the consular officers of the detainee’s home country if the detainee so requests”; (2) any communication to the consular officials by a detained…
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