Judgment of the International Court of Justice of 31 March 2004 concerning
Avena and Other Mexican Nationals: need for immediate compliance
A/RES/73/257
America had breached the obligation incumbent upon it under the Order indicating
provisional measures of 16 July 2008, 4 in the case of Mr. José Ernesto Medellín Rojas,
Having considered that, to date, neither revision nor reconsideration has been
granted to the Mexican nationals included in the Judgment of 31 March 2004,
Considering that six of the Mexican nationals included in the Judgment of
31 March 2004 have been executed, 5 in clear violation of the decision of the Court,
constituting new breaches of the international obligations in cumbent upon the United
States of America and causing additional harm to Mexico,
Urgently calls for full and immediate compliance with the Judgment of the
International Court of Justice of 31 March 2004 in the case concerning Avena and
Other Mexican Nationals 1 in conformity with the relevant provisions of the Charter
of the United Nations.
63rd plenary meeting
20 December 2018
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Ibid., Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 4 (A/63/4), chap. V, sect. B.15.
José Ernesto Medellín Rojas (2008), Humberto Leal García (2011), Edgar Tamayo Arias (2014),
Ramiro Hernández Llanas (2014), Rubén Cárdenas Ramírez (2017) and Roberto Ramos Moreno
(2018).
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