Foreword
Forthe second year in a row, the Supreme Court addresses U.S.obligations under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the power ofthe International Court of Justice (ICJ). On June 28, 2006, the Court ruled inSanchez-Llamas v. Oregon that even ifforeign nationals are not informed of their right to contact their homecountry’s consulate following their arrest, evidence gathered prior to suchnotification is still admissible in court. The court decided this way despitethe ICJ decision in the Case ConcerningAvena and Other Mexican Nationals that U.S. appellate courts should reviewwhether lack of consular notification affected a defendant’s trial. Now, however, the…
