Abstract
The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR) requires parties to inform foreign nationals who are arrested or detained that they have the right to have their consulates notified of that arrest or detention. The VCCR is silent, however, as to what must be done when the person is also a citizen of the country where he or she was arrested or detained. When Mexico sued the United States for violating rights of its nationals under the VCCR, Mexico dropped a claim for one of its nationals who was also a citizen of the United States. This Article argues that the right of consular notification belongs not only to the person arrested or detained, but also to the other country, and that the right to consular notice should be given to dual nationals.
Recommended Citation
Mark E. Wojcik,
Consular Notification for Dual Nationals,
38
S. Ill. U. L.J.
73
(2013).
Available at:
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/siulj/vol38/iss1/4