Overview of consular access
Role of consuls in assisting a national
Situations requiring advice about consular access
Individuals who must be advised
Timing of consular access
Confidentiality of communication
Automatic notification under bilateral treaties
Rights assertable against the receiving state
Consular access as a due process right
Statutory right to sending state protection
Non-statutory right to sending state protection
Incorporation into domestic law
Subsidiary regulation and legislation
Availability of a judicial remedy
Domestic effect of international decisions
Prejudice as a prerequisite for a judicial remedy
Suppression of evidence as a judicial remedy
Procedural default as barring a remedy
Consular access violation as grounds for sentence reduction or clemency
Monetary damages for a foreign national
Intervention in court by a sending state
Civil suit by a sending state
Diplomatic protest by a sending state
Jurisdiction in the International Court of Justice
Jurisdiction in Inter-American human rights organs
Proceedings in the International Court of Justice
Proceedings in the Inter-American human rights system.