Practice question
A detained foreign national requests consular notification. The VCCR applies and no additional notification agreement is involved. Officials plan to wait until trial before informing the competent consular post. What does Article 36 require?
- Notification only after conviction.
- Notification only if the prosecutor agrees.
- No notification if the national is lawfully detained.
- The consular post must be informed without delay upon the national's request.
- Immediate release regardless of the charge.
Legal references
- Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961), Articles 22, 29, 31–32, https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_1_1961.pdf
- Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963), Articles 36, 41 and 43, https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_2_1963.pdf
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