Topic:
Consular notification by foreign nationals
(Drury, D-Highwood; Raoul, D-Chicago) requires that a law enforcement officer in charge of custodial facilities must ensure that any foreign national is advised within 48 hours of booking or detention that he or she has the right to communicate with the appropriate consulate as required by the Vienna Convention. If requested by the foreign national or if required by law, the law enforcement officer in charge of the custodial facility must also ensure that the appropriate consulate is notified. It also requires Illinois judges at first appearance to inform a defendant that if he or she is a foreign national, they may contact their consulate that they have been arrested and detained if this notice has not already been provided. Passed both chambers.