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Consular Notification Case Proceeds
On the basis of the Alien Tort Statute, 28 USC §1350, the Indian citizen plaintiff claimed in the matter Tejpaul S. Jogi v. Tim Voges et al., docket number 01-1657, that his incarceration in the United States violated the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of April 24, 1963, 21 UST 77, TIAS 6820, 596 UNTS 261, which requires consular notification of his arrest.
On September 27, 2005, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit determined that jurisdiction could lay on the Alien Tort Statute and remanded the case for further proceedings to the lower court.
- Clemens Kochinke, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington, DC.
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