Table of Contents;
Part 1: Introduction to Consular Access;
1. Overview of Consular Access;
2. Role of Consuls in Assisting a National;
Part 2: Consular Access Obligations of a Receiving State;
3. Situations Requiring Advice about Consular Access;
4. Individuals who must be advised;
5. Timing of Consular Access;
6. Confidentiality of Communication;
7. Automatic Notification under Bilateral Treaties;
Part 3: The Rights of a Foreign Nationa;l
8. Rights Assertable Against the Receiving State;
9. Consular Access as a due Process Right;
10. Statutor Right to Sending State Protection;
11. Non-Statutory Right to Sending State Protection;
Part 4: Consular Access in Domestic Law;
12. Incorporation into Domestic Law;
13. Subsidiary Regulation and Legislation;
14. Availability of a Judicial Remedy;
15. Domestic Effect of International Decisions;
Part 5: Remedies at the Domestic Level;
16. Prejudice as a Prerequisite for a Judicial Remedy;
17. Suppression of Evidence as a Judicial Remedy;
18. Procedural Default as Barring Remedy;
19. Consular Access Violation as Grounds for Sentence Reduction or Clemency;
20. Monetary Damages for a Foreign National;
21. Intervention in Court by a Sending State;
22. Civil Suit by a Sending State;
Part 6: Remedies at the International Level;
23. Diplomatic Protest by a Sending State;
24. Jurisdiction in the International Court of Justice;
25. Jurisdiction in Inter-American Human Rights Organs;
Part 7: An Overview of Consular Access Litigation;
26. Proceedings in the International Court of Justice;
27. Proceedings in the Inter-American System
Author(s);
Biography;
Reviews.