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Mexican, Arizonan senators plan to bring AZ illegal immigration law before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

By Alliance Alert

Nogales International: "A delegation of eight Mexican senators was in Nogales on Monday as part of a fact-finding mission on Arizona?s impending immigration law . . . Arizona and Sonora to formulate a seven-point plan of cooperative action in response to the law. The seven points included supporting the array of lawsuits that have been filed to stop the law, and presenting a complaint against the measure with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights." According to the Arizona State Senate Democratic Caucus blog, "[t]he outcome of the meeting was to draft a concurrent resolution signed by each attendee that will be sent to the United Nations and the Organization of American States ? Inter-American Commission on Human Rights." Via David Kopel at The Volokh Conspiracy, who writes: "[U]nless the Senate ratified the American Convention on Human Rights and the US government accepted the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court, neither the Court nor the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights can issue a legally binding decision against the Arizona laws against illegal aliens. Either the Commission or the Court could issue non-binding advisory opinions as to whether the Arizona laws violate international law."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on May 27, 2010 (boomark / email).