United Nations: International Court of Justice (Abdulqawi Yusuf), President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), told the UN General Assembly here that Pakistan violated its obligations under the Vienna Treaty in the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, an Indian citizen.
In his July 17 decision, presenting the International Court of Justice's report to the General Assembly, Yusuf said that the UN's first judicial body "found that Pakistan had violated its obligations under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention" and Appropriate measures were yet to be taken in this matter.
As a significant victory for India, the ICJ had ruled that Pakistan should review the death sentence awarded to Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer who was "spied on terrorism and terrorism" by the Pakistani military court. Was sentenced to death on charges of
India argued that its citizens were not given access to the embassy, a violation of the 1963 Vienna Treaty.
The Yusuf-led bench had ordered "an effective review and reconsideration of Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav's sentence." Yusuf, presenting his report to the General Assembly, elaborated on several aspects of the court's decision in the Jadhav case.
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