Opinion ID: 767955
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: The Background to Article 35

Text: 110 The legislative history leading to the Bilateral Treaty with China is sparse. The Senate Report recommending its approval did state, however, that [t]he bilateral consular convention will complement the multilateral Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 which is also in force between the two countries, but which treats certain important consular issues in only limited fashion. Sen. Exec. Rep. No. 97-14, 97th Cong., 1st Sess. (1981), at 2. Furthermore, I am astounded by the majority's contention that the Committee's failure to specifically note the individual right of consular notification somehow negates the clear language of Article 35. 8 As alluded to above, Article 35 of the Bilateral Treaty is even more emphatic and explicit than Article 36 of the Vienna Convention regarding the individual right of the national to notification of this entitlement by the detaining authority. 111