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Migration Jurisprudence from the South › Pakistan

Jadhav (India v. Pakistan)

International Court of Justice · Pakistan · 2019-07-17 · International body

Citation: ICJ Reports 2019, p. 418
Type of case: Constitutional and human rights
Outcome: Decided for the migrant side

Question

Did Pakistan breach the Vienna Convention by denying consular access to an Indian national sentenced to death?

What the court decided

Yes. Pakistan must review and reconsider the conviction and sentence, and the execution must be stayed meanwhile.

In plain language

An Indian man was sentenced to death by a military court in Pakistan without his consulate being allowed to see him. The International Court of Justice said Pakistan must review the case.

Dalam bahasa sederhana

Seorang pria India dihukum mati oleh pengadilan militer di Pakistan tanpa konsulatnya diizinkan menemuinya. Mahkamah Internasional menyatakan Pakistan harus meninjau perkara itu.

Pertanyaan: Apakah Pakistan melanggar Konvensi Wina dengan menolak akses konsuler bagi warga India yang dihukum mati?

What happened afterwards

  • 2019-07-17: Judgment.
  • 2020: Pakistan passes an ordinance allowing review. [Check.]

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