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Practice question: Treatment of Aliens

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Under VCCR Article 36(1)(b), when must the receiving State notify the sending State's consular post of a national's detention?
  1. Without delay if the detained national so requests.
  2. Only after conviction, regardless of a request.
  3. Only after every appeal ends.
  4. Only if the detainee is a government minister.
  5. Never, because detention cancels consular relations.

Legal references

  • Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, Article36: https://legal.un.org/unjuridicalyearbook/pdfs/english/by_volume/1963/chpIV.pdf

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