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title: 'Execution With International Repercussions Approaches'
description: 'EXECUTION WITH INTERNATIONAL REPERCUSSIONS APPROACHES Photo: Cuartoscuro Osvaldo Torres is scheduled to be executed by the state of Oklahoma on May 18…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/execution-with-international-repercussions-approaches'
section: news
date: '2004-05-11T23:28:03-04:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:53:57-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
---

!  **EXECUTION WITH INTERNATIONAL REPERCUSSIONS APPROACHES**  
Photo: Cuartoscuro  
Osvaldo Torres is scheduled to be executed by the state of Oklahoma on May 18, 2004, despite a ruling from the International Court of Justice that his rights under the Vienna Convention (and those of 50 other Mexican nationals on American death rows) were violated. The International Court of Justice is the highest court of the U.N. and the U.S. has used this court in the past to protect the rights of its own citizens.  
**CASE RESOURCES**  

  **[DPIC Press Release on the Torres Case](/article.php?scid=1&did=985)**  
 **[March 30, 2004 Ruling of the ICJ](http://212.153.43.18/icjwww/idocket/imus/imusframe.htm)**  
 **[The recommendation of the Oklahoma Clemency Board](/article.php?did=984&scid=64)**  
 **[Foreign Nationals on U.S. Death Rows](/foreign-nationals-and-death-penalty-us?did=198&scid=31)**  
 **[Amnesty International Report on the Torres Case](http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR510572004)**