ICJ Grants Provisional Measures Ordering U.S. Not to Execute Mexicans on Death Row

On July 16, 2008, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) granted provisional measures to the Mexican government and agreed that the U.S. government has not done enough to assure the treaty rights of Mexican nationals facing execution for murders in the United States. As a result, the ICJ ordered the U.S. by a 7 to 5 vote to stop five imminent executions in Texas. The ICJ ordered the U.S. only to “take all measures necessary to ensure” that Texas does not execute five individuals on its death row...[more]