2024-05-08 10:52:03
DEMAND
Ecuador filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, against Mexico. It accuses him of failing to comply with international conventions on corruption and political and diplomatic asylum. This was reported this Monday, April 29, 2024 by the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry.
In a statement, the National Government reported that the reason for the lawsuit is Mexico’s conduct since December 17, 2023. On that date, the Mexican government allowed former Vice President Jorge Glas, sentenced for corruption, to enter the Embassy.
In addition, he assures that the lawsuit filed also refers to the “injurious statements made by the president of Mexico.”
The document was presented one day before the ICJ hears Mexico’s arguments against Ecuador. The first hearing for the lawsuit filed by that country after the raid by the Ecuadorian public forces on its embassy in Quito on April 5 is scheduled for Tuesday, April 30.
Ecuador requests that the ICJ rule and declare that Mexico failed to comply with its obligation to respect laws and regulations; as well as not using premises of the diplomatic headquarters for purposes incompatible with the functions of the Diplomatic Mission. It also ensures that Mexico failed to comply with its obligation not to grant diplomatic asylum to people who are being prosecuted or on trial for common crimes or have been convicted by competent ordinary courts. This is regarding the asylum that that country gave to Glas, who is sentenced to eight years for bribery.
Ecuador also maintains that Mexico violated the principles of sovereign equality, territorial integrity and non-intervention in the internal affairs of other States, in accordance with the United Nations Charter.
The fourth request is that it be declared that Mexico violated its obligation to cooperate in anti-corruption matters, as established by the 1996 Inter-American Convention against Corruption and the United Nations Convention against Corruption.