India’s big judicial victory, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) put on hold the death sentence awarded to Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav on the charge of spying, shows what good team effort can do. The ICJ asked Pakistan to review Jadhav’s conviction and observed that the country violated the Vienna Convention by not granting diplomatic assistance to the Indian national before his sentence. The ICJ’s ruling that “Pakistan’s objection based on alleged noncompliance cannot be upheld” has put the ball in Pakistan’s court. After being petitioned by India in 2017, the ICJ had directed Pakistan to take all measures at its disposal to ensure Jadhav was not executed pending its final judgment. Nowhere in the world are military courts – the kind that convicted Jadhav for terror and espionage – regarded as legally sacrosanct.

Source: dna July 18, 2019 01:30 UTC