On August 19, 2015, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urged the U.S. to stay the execution of Bernardo Abán Tercero, a Nicaraguan citizen who was sentenced to be executed on August 26.  According to the press release [3], the IACHR issued a report that concluded, among other findings, that the U.S.’s failure “to inform Bernardo Abán Tercero of his right to consular notification and assistance deprived him of a criminal process that satisfied the minimum standards of due process and a fair trial required under the American Declaration [4]” and that “his court-appointed counsel committed serious mistakes that affected his right to defense, especially taking into account the applicable standards in a case involving the death penalty.”  The IACHR recommended that the U.S. review his case and sentence to ensure they conform to the American Declaration.  A later news article [5] reported that his execution had been temporarily stayed and his case sent back to the trial court for review after his lawyers argued that his prior counsel had failed to present evidence that may have affected the sentence and that witnesses gave false testimony at his trial.