The attack on the embassy in Ecuador “must have consequences”, Mexico said before the International Court of Justice

The attack on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador “There must be consequences,” the security agent said this Tuesday. Mexico before the International Court of Justice (ICJmain court of UN) at the end of the first day of hearing the case.

“Entry by force of Ecuador for our embassy and the attack on the personnel and dignity of our diplomatic personnel must have consequences“, said the jurist Alejandro Celorio Alcántaraafter the accusations.

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Mexico This Tuesday he presented his arguments in the case against Ecuador in view of the ICJand in his presentation he said that the attitude of the Ecuadorian authorities was a “serious threat” for international relations.

He assault for O embassy “represents a serious threat to the maintenance of international relations and is a cause for serious concern for the community International“, he said Celório Alcântara.

“There are lines in the legislation International which must not be crossed. Unfortunately, Ecuador crossed them“, said the Mexican agent.

The invasion of for embassy “shows the contempt of the Ecuador by fundamental, universally accepted and long-standing norms. “This conduct creates an imminent risk that another violation may occur,” he said.

On Wednesday it will be the turn of the delegation of Ecuador present oral arguments in view of The tall court from The Hague. FOR from then on, the court You must schedule a date to decide on the case.

On the night of April 5, after several days of tension, armed men from the Ecuadorian security forces invaded the embassy in Mexico in capital, Quitoin an unprecedented scandal in the region.

The armed men forcibly took former Ecuadorian vice-president Jorge Glas, who was prosecuted by the justice in Ecuador It is for to whom the Mexican authorities granted asylum status.

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Mexican demands

In view of the gravity of what happened, Mexico raised the case for the ICJ to request, among other things, the temporary suspension of Ecuador’s membership in the UN system.

However, the case took an unexpected turn on Monday when Ecuador formalized in view of the same court UN legal action against Mexico for the asylum granted for Glass.

In your claim, Mexico question for for the ICJ to declare that Ecuador violated its international obligations and suspended Ecuador’s membership for of the UN until the authorities of that country issue a public apology.

Mexico also asks that the Court seems like a precedent that a country that acts “How did I do Ecuador (…) will be expelled from the UN, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article VI of the Charter of the United Nations.”

Mexico also requests that the ICJ order for Ecuador “take immediate and appropriate measures to protect the diplomatic headquarters, its assets and archives, avoiding any interference with them”.

Also vacuums for that the ICJ order that Ecuador allow the Mexican government to evacuate diplomatic facilities and the residences of its personnel.

Among its demands, it requests that “Ecuador refrain from any act or conduct that may harm the rights of Mexico in relation for any decision that Court can issue.”

Since the scandal broke, the two countries have severed relations.

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Cross claims

Ecuadorin turn, claims that Mexico “has not fulfilled, among others, its obligations not to grant asylum for people who are prosecuted or tried for common crimes or who have been convicted by ordinary courts”, as is the case with Glas.

The president of EcuadorDaniel Noboa, he claimed A week ago he has no regrets about ordering the invasion for O embassy Mexican.

Regarding for Ecuadorian counterclaim, an ICJ press source explained that the two cases are “legally different” and, in principle, this week’s hearings focus on Mexican claims.

“Legally there are two different cases at this stage, they are separate cases“, he said.

O Court It may later, the source added, decide to merge the two processes.

Source: Elcomercio

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