Appointment of Sir Leslie Munro as new Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists
Effective July 1st, 1961, Sir Leslie Munro, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., will succeed Dr. Jean-Flavien Lalive as Secretary-General of the ICJ.
Observer at the trial of Adolf Eichmann
The ICJ has requested Dr. Pierre A. Papadatos, attorney at the Court of Appeal of Athens, to act as its observer at the trial of Adolf Eichmann which is to begin in Jerusalem on April 11, 1961.
Trial observer sent to Addis Ababa
The ICJ has been informed by the Ethiopian Minister of Justice that an open trial of those charged with complicity in the abortive coup of December, 1960, was to begin on Monday, February 27, 1961, in Addis Ababa.
Ford Foundation and Nigerian Government make grants to the ICJ for the African Conference on the Rule of Law
The Ford Foundation and the Federal Government of Nigeria have made grants to the ICJ for its African Conference on the Rule of Law to be held in Lagos, Nigeria, from January 3 to 7, 1961.
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