Germany's answers to the questions asked by Judges Higgins and Koroma
Answers to the Questions of Judge Higgins
Answer to Question (a):
The sustained breach of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
by the United States ôf America suffices to give rise to the international responsibility
of the United States. V\Jhile Germany does not need to establish the point in order for
the United States' responsibility to attach, Germany emphasizes that if the LaGrand
brothers had been notified in timely fashion under the Vienna Convention, assistance