US Breached International Law

According to U.N. High commissioner for Human Rights, United States of America violated the International Law by executing a Mexican national.

Humberto Leal GraciaHumberto Leal Gracia , who was convicted for the 1994 rape then murder of a 16 year old girl and was executed by by lethal injection Thursday evening in Texas. Leal was not granted consular access, as non resident American, was his right under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. According to Navi Pillay, whether Leal got fair trial as there was denial of access concerns and he deeply regrets about this execution after a last minute of Supreme Court decision refused him for stay.

United States of America comes under a breach of international law as the execution of Humberto Leal Gracia. Pillay said that the state of Texas has done in this case is inflexible and abiding in law to the U.S. and placed it on international responsibility

Obama administration with federal officials, had tried to prevail Texas Gov. Rick Perry to postpone the execution. The Secretary of State Hillary Clinton herself is quite thwarted in hope in the consequence of this case.

US Breached International Law

Report by Vibhanshu Vaibhav