United States Second Circuit

In these removal proceedings concerning the domestic application of the witness protection mandate in Article 24 of the Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (CATOC), petition for review is denied where: 1) in the immigration context there are numerous protections for witnesses, and as a criminal informant, petitioner exhausted the applicable avenues for relief; and 2) Article 24 of the CATOC is a non-self-executing treaty provision, so it cannot be enforced absent implementing legislation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/19/2014
• Published 08/19/2014

Judges

• Parker

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel