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ICJ orders provisional measures in US-Mexico dispute over interpretation of previous judgment

The International Court of Justice issued an order for provisional measures against the United States (US) on 16 July.  The Court ordered the US to take all necessary measures to ensure that Jose Medellin and other named Mexican nationals currently on death row in Texas were not executed pending the settlement of the dispute between Mexico and the US over the interpretation of the judgment in the Avena Case – see previous post.  The execution of Medellin had been scheduled for 5 August.  The order of the Court puts further pressure on the US authorities to suspend the execution.  The…