The question (10 marks)
What does Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963 require, and what is the remedy when it is breached? (10 marks)
MU Module III, head 3.2; case briefs on diplomatic and consular protection.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 3 · Treaties and the United Nations of Public International Law.
Authorities you will need
- Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963, art. 36, and the Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, art. I
- LaGrand (Germany v. United States of America), ICJ Reports 2001, p. 466
- Jadhav Case (India v. Pakistan), ICJ Reports 2019
- United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran, ICJ Reports 1980, p. 3
- Statute of the International Court of Justice 1945, art. 41
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