Proposed Legislation Providing Consular Access Holds Lives in the Balance

Proposed Legislation Providing Consular Access Holds Lives in the Balance.. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the Consular Notification Compliance Act, a long-awaited bill aimed at protecting the consular access rights of foreign nationals in U.S. custody who are charged or convicted of capital crimes. The act provides for judicial review of alleged violations of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ("Vienna Convention") an international treaty the U.S. entered requiring foreign nationals detained to be notified "without delay" of their right to communicate with consular officers of their home country.

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