2024-05-08 10:47:53
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The Government of Mexico accused Ecuador before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of “crossing lines that should not be crossed in international law.” He did so during the first hearing of the lawsuit filed by that country before The Hague for the assault on the Mexican embassy in Quito.
«There are lines in international law that should not be crossed. Unfortunately, the Republic of Ecuador has crossed them. Ecuador’s actions not only violate the established limits of international law, they also create a disconcerting precedent that reverberates throughout the international community,” explained the Mexican representative in court, Alejandro Celorio.
The ICJ held the first public hearing on the invasion of the Ecuadorian Police into the Mexican Embassy and the attack on diplomatic personnel on the night of Friday, April 5. This Tuesday it was Mexico’s turn to present its arguments about the alleged violations of international law committed by Ecuador.
Celorio insisted that Ecuador has violated “one of the cornerstones that govern relations between states” with its actions in Quito. He stressed that at the core of his particular case is “the legal certainty of any other sovereign state, international organization or court.”
The Mexican representative pointed out that this incursion “clearly shows Ecuador’s lack of respect for fundamental norms, universally accepted and that have existed for a long time.” He also spoke of a “worrying doubt” about Ecuador’s intentions in the assault on its embassy and accused it of “deliberate negligence” towards the lives of the people who were in the premises./El Telégrafo