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20 Hastings Const. L.Q. 833 (1992-1993)
Monstrous Decision: Kidnapping is Legal

handle is hein.journals/hascq20 and id is 843 raw text is: ARTICLE Monstrous Decision: Kidnapping is Legal By HERNAN DE J. Ruiz-BRAvo* Table of Contents Introduction ............................................... 834 I. Kidnapping, Human Rights and International Law .. 838 II. Bilateral Extradition Treaties and the Law of Treaties .............................................. 846 III. International Law as the Supreme Law of the Land.. 854 IV. The Alvarez-Machain Case ........................... 857 A. The Opinion of the Court ............................. 857 B. Objections to the Opinion of the Court ................. 858 1. States Must Comply with Their Treaties ............ 859 2. Kidnapping Is a Violation of the Extradition Treaty. 860 3. Ker Is an Exception-Not the General Rule ........ 862 4. Kidnapping Is Contrary to International Law ....... 865 V. The Possible Solutions ............................... 867 A. United States Constitution Article VI, Clause 2 and the Exclusionary Rule .................................... 867 B. Other Solutions ....................................... 870 1. Adding a Clause Prohibiting Kidnapping to Extradition Treaties ............................... 870 2. Prosecuting Police Officers as Kidnappers ........... 870 3. The Organization of American States ............... 871 4. The United Nations ............................... 872 5. Tort for Violation of International Law ............. 873 6. Statute Prohibiting International Kidnapping ........ 874 Conclusion ................................................ 874 * LL.B., Escuela Libre de Derecho of Mexico City, 1979; M.L.A., University of St. Thomas, 1990; LL.M., University of Houston Law Center, 1992. The author has been licensed to practice law in Mexico since February 1980. He has been a member of the Mexican Foreign Service for ten years and is currently Consul in charge of the Legal Affairs and Protection Department of the Consulate General of Mexico in Houston, Texas. The author wishes to express his special appreciation to Escuela Libre de Derecho of Mexico City, to the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations (Secretan de Relaciones Exteriores), and to the Consulate Gen- eral of Mexico in Houston, Texas. [833]

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