The operative allegation of the petition is that the police "continue to arrest and detain other foreign nationals" in violation of article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, which provides for notification of a foreign national's consulate upon the arrest of that foreign national. The petition should be dismissed for lack of a justiciable controversy. Mandamus directing respondents to enforce the treaty and an injunction prohibiting respondents from continuing...
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