The International Court of Justice rejected Mexico’s request
The International Court of Justice rejected Mexico’s request, after the incident at the embassy of this country in Ecuador.
The International Court of Justice in The Hague on Thursday rejected Mexico’s request for provisional measures in the lawsuit it maintains against Ecuador for the break-in at its embassy in Quito.
“Unanimously, the Court finds that the circumstances, as they are now before the Tribunal, are not such as to require such measures.”
The International Court of Justice rejected Mexico’s request for measures that originated from the police entering the embassy to arrest Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas on April 5.
In one of the hearings prior to the deliberation process, the ICJ prioritized the treatment of provisional measures in the lawsuit filed by Mexico.
The International Court of Justice rejected Mexico’s request in the middle of a lawsuit process, now it remains to know the final ruling, whose date has not yet been announced.
The International Court of Justice rejected Mexico’s request for provisional measures.
The highest court of the UN decided that “the circumstances as they are presented before the Court are not such as to require the exercise of its power” to indicate precautionary measures against the Ecuadorian government for storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito and arresting Jorge Glas, former vice president of Rafael Correa (2007-2017), last April 5.
However, he stressed “the fundamental importance of the principle enshrined” in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, in a ruling that comes at an interim stage of the case, when the court has not yet entered into the merits of the legal proceedings against Ecuador.
The measures requested for Ecuador to comply contemplated that the Government of Ecuador allow the Mexican Government to vacate the diplomatic premises.
But, in addition, the private residence of diplomatic agents, among other requests.
The hearing lasted a total of 19 minutes in which the International Court of Justice rejected Mexico’s request to read the resolution of the ICJ on the request for precautionary measures of Mexico against Ecuador.
We recall that this originates from the forced entry to the embassy in Quito last April 5 to capture the former vice-president of Ecuador.
This is stated in Article 41, paragraph 1: The Court shall have the power to indicate, if it considers that the circumstances so require, the provisional measures to be taken to safeguard the rights of each of the parties.
The decision was reported this May 23 from The Hague.
Judge Nawaf Salam, president of the tribunal, announced that it was unanimously decided not to grant Mexico’s request against Ecuador.
While all this is happening, the common citizenship is the most affected; since with the closing of the embassy the Mexican population in Ecuador has no options for consular procedures.
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On the other hand, the closing of the Ecuadorian consulates in Mexico was announced on Saturday, May 11, by the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry in the midst of the diplomatic crisis between both countries.
This generates concern and uncertainty among Ecuadorians living in Mexican territory, said to CNN the president of the non-governmental organization Ecuatorians Residing in Mexico (Ecuarmex), Anabela Meza.
For these facts, Mexico and Ecuador went to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to file complaints against each other.
On April 30 and May 1, the Court held hearings to hear both parties on the complaint filed by Mexico.
The ICJ has yet to hold hearings on the complaint filed by Ecuador.
